Our experience at Lara's apartment is Florence is nothing short of extraordinary. From the very beginning, we had easy communication with her and she gave us simple yet concise directions to her apartment from the station. It was only a 10-15 minute walk, it actually turned out to be quicker walking to her place than catching a bus.
Lara was an extremely thoughtful host, she was welcoming and took the time to explain to us all the locals places to visit. She knows the city very well, so make sure you listen to her suggestions, you won't be disappointed! (I.e-best place for pizza, Florentine steak, street food, gelato, bar..etc)
Her apartment is located on the less touristy side of river, there are many restaurants and events going on here where only the locals would go to, so that was perfect for us as we had wanted to experience the local lifestyle. Her apartment is very clean and cozy, we felt very much at home for our entire stay. The room was spacious, very well decorated with various paintings. The bed was extremely comfortable, I felt like I was sleeping on clouds the whole week. The apartment is in fact really close to everything else also. (10 minutes to the Duomo, 20 minutes to the Michelangelo lookout, 5 minutes to Uffizi museum), you can even see the Duomo out of her apartment.
We were a little concerned with the shower at the beginning as some reviews said that it was too small. However we didn't find that to be an issue at all during our stay.
We couldn't have asked for a better host or apartment, our Florence experience wouldn't have been the same had we stayed somewhere else! Thank you Lara.