All visitors should know before booking that the apartment has a transparent glass front door. A curtain is necessary to ensure privacy. Guests, especially women, should take into consideration that the cleaning crew that washes the stairwells of the building, as well as anyone else inside the building, can see you and your possessions unless you very carefully position the curtain that across the entire surface of the door. Although the curtain can create a minimal sense of privacy, it fails to ensure a feeling of safety.
Secondly, one of the two bedroom windows has a large, round hole in the glass where an air-conditioning vent used to be. Instead of replacing the window pane, the apartment owners have taped a plastic bag over the opening. The plastic flutters when there is a current of air.
Finally, and most importantly, the fans inside the air-conditioning units frequently make a loud buzzing sound. This occurs usually every 36 or 22 seconds—yet sometimes as often as every 8 seconds. The sound makes sleeping difficult because the air conditioner is very close to the bed. Opening the windows is not a viable alternative because street noise is a factor and the mosquito nets are torn and therefore ineffective.
Given these three factors I highly discourage travelers from staying here during their trip to Florence.