We had an absolutely brilliant 4 night stay at Mattia's apartment. It was clean, stylish, bright, comfortable and had everything we needed for a fun, easy and stress-free stay. The location is excellent for exploring Florence (and there are some delicious places to eat on the street - from rather fancy La Menagerie to the very affordable organic pizzeria), and after a long day of walking around, the hot shower and memory foam beds were much appreciated for weary legs! I am a very light sleeper so slept with earplugs but the double-glazed windows did a great job of blocking out noise from the lively street below.
We didn't meet Mattia during our stay but the very kind Francoise gave us a lovely welcome and made sure we had everything we needed. Felt we really lucked out finding this great place, and can't recommend highly enough!