Ilaria is an absolutely perfect host - responsive, friendly, and happy to provide any and all information we needed to make our stay happy. She easily accommodated our early check in, allowing us to maximize our short time visiting Florence.
*** We were thrilled to find a 2-bedroom, 2-bath place for a good price, super close to the bus/train stations and mere minutes walk from all of the other sights you want to see in Florence. It’s of course on the top floor, but we walked off the food from the day and it’s spacious and generally very comfortable. The beds were absolute heaven -- very comfortable and big with comfortable pillows -- and we appreciated both the plugin mosquito traps and the A/C units as an alternative to opening the windows.
*** The biggest drawback to the apartment are the incredibly thin windows and relatively loud street (restaurants line the street below and the windows don’t keep out too much of the noise on the main floor bedroom - the upstairs bedroom is not as affected and is very quiet).
*** A couple of relatively minor things could make this apartment a true A+: buy new shower curtains that actually fit the shower (they’re both 35+ cm short of wrapping the show, creating a high potential for avoidable leaks), and the upstairs shower wand (likely a replacement) doesn’t fit in the holder and is easily knocked off, and neither paper towels nor a sponge were provided in the kitchen (meaning we couldn’t efficiently clean the tea cups we used).
*** Nonetheless, we booked a 2nd stay at Ilaria’s place before even staying this first time because we had such high confidence that the benefits far outweigh any drawbacks, and we were right. We’d happily stay here again!