Location! Location! Location! - you simply cannot beat the location of Nicole's place, from where all places of interest and reckoning are accessible via short walks (including Florence SMN station) or via bus (the bus stop being 200 meters away). Situated in the heart of city centre and very close to Dome, Academia, Uffizzi - this is ideal if you want to explore on your feet or via public transport.
Coming to the house itself - it is on the 4th floor and does not have an elevator. It is important for travellers (especially either those with heavy luggage like us, or not physically fit) that to reach the place, one has to take around 5-6 flights of stairs - something to be kept in mind while booking the place.
The interiors of the house have all the amenities - a lot has been done to make the interiors functional in an old building in Florence, and kudos for same. However the interiors need some upkeep and maintenance, for e.g. - few light switches don't work, the TV remotes were weak; though Nicole was very prompt to send us new batteries when we requested same.
We had a very easy and convenient self check in- thanks to Nicole's step by step explicit instructions. Nicole was also very communicative at all times.
The house does need some TLC, but if we came back to Florence, we may again look at same because of the location (though the absence of elevators will be on our mind next time :)).
Thank you Nicole for hosting us.