My boyfriend and I stayed at Massimo's condo close to the Santa Maria Novella train station for two nights. The location was awesome and was an easy walk to the train station and major sights. Check in was easy. Massimo is out of town often so someone else met us to do check in, no problems with that. It was a very warm weekend in Florence and while there was AC it was still warm. Having a fan in the bedroom would have helped a lot! We did laundry while there which was a great help. The condo was beautiful and Florence is a wonderful city!