We stayed at Paolo's place for 2 nights. The location is very near to ponte vecchio and Pitti palace which are must see places in Florence. Restaurants and supermarkets are really close by. Paolo is a friendly guy who responded well to all our queries. However, there is a little silly rule of florence municipality to not allow heating to be turned on before Nov 1. so, our 1st night was a bit troublesome due to cold room. Paolo understood and resolved it for the next night.
Overall, we had a nice experience.