Location:
Amazing. There is a Sandwich shop right downstairs and many bars and restaurants within a few minutes walking.
Kitchen:
The kitchen is OK. All of the dishes are behind a table in a cabinet with glass doors. It was difficult to get out plates and cups because of the weird location. The house is also lacking wine glasses, which seems off par for Italy.
Washer/Dryer:
Was great and located in a spot that you didn't have to listen to it while it was running.
Rooms:
Linens were very good, there were extras and they were all big and bright. All the rooms comfortably fit two people with space to spare - the size isn't common for Europe so if you need space, this place is above average compared to other accommodations.
Bathrooms:
There are plenty for everyone and we never had an issue.
Heating:
The heat automatically turns off at 12:00 AM and you have to manually turn it on after it goes off. We played a game all month with the thermostat, trying to keep it on. It seemed like we could never get it right and were always cold.
Internet:
Not workable. If you need to work, upload or take phone calls, this isn't your spot. The download speed is 26 (just fine) but the upload speed is .3. My group does remote work and we were not able to work from the apartment. Since we are on US hours this caused A LOT of stress and issues - especially since every cafe with internet closes around 7:00 PM and we would have calls at 11PM and midnight. Clementina offered that we work from her place but multiple people going into someones personal space just isn't comfortable. Clementina worked with the owner to get another internet provider/contract because the line that they had wasn't going to give a better upload speed and they should have contractually had a much higher speed. They were supposed to get the equipment for us by November 2 but when that date rolled around Clementina did not reach out or give us any update. We checked out the 5th and were in the apartment for a month and never had a workable upload speed. Clementina was very responsive and did everything she could while we tried option after option to get internet. I'm not sure what happened after the 2nd but everything before then was perfect. Comically, our last effort was to buy a 3 meter pole which we built a pulley system on to raise a portable router (that we purchased in efforts to get internet) as high as possible for cell signal. It worked (more or less) and we were able to get better upload speeds the last week of our stay. Since new internet is on its way, check the upload and download speeds before renting, if they are important to you.
Stairs:
You have to go up two flights of stairs to get to the apartment.
Main Entrance:
The main entrance is an electric door. Not a big deal but the electricity went out one day when we needed to leave for a class. We couldn't get out the door. Luckily it came back on quickly after but we were a little frantic for a few minutes.
Seating:
The couch only seats 3 people and there were 5 of us. There are "dining room table chairs" that the other two people could use but they aren't comfortable to try to watch a movie it.
Overall our stay was OK. The apartment has everything you need and is in a really, really good location. There were a couple of details that brought down the value for us. The stress of not having workable internet made our stay uncomfortable because we had to walk 30 minutes in the cold to get to cafes where we could work later at night. This wont be the case for most people but for those that need it, it changes life when you don't have it! Florence, in general, has bad internet so check speeds wherever you stay!