Check in was done with Daniela's neighbor, Tina, and it was quite straightforward. The apartment is a fifteen minute walk from the main Florence train station and a twenty minute walk from the Duomo, so it's a good location but also away from the most unpleasantly touristy areas of the city. The apartment is quite large and spacious, but it had a real mosquito problem, at least when we were there in June 2014. This may be a problem in the entire city because of the swampy river that goes through Florence (no critique, we loved Florence), I just don't know.

I am not sure I would stay at Daniela's place again. I did not feel entirely welcome between the rule that we had to carry out our own garbage and all the warnings about not to break anything. I'd rather stay in a place where I didn't have to worry so much about touching anything. It seems like Daniela wants to have a nice weekend place that Airbnb subsidizes, which is fine, but I think she's somewhat aggressive about protecting everything. Also, there is no clothes iron, which seems inconsiderate to me. It's the first Airbnb place I stayed at that did not provide an iron.

Last point, the shower is also the bathroom. Because the bathroom is so small everything gets soaking wet. It is what it is, but quite unpleasant.

Overall, this is probably a good value for a very expensive and popular city, but I might look elsewhere next time.