We had a fantastic experience at Nicola's house. Firstly we loved the location of the apartment, 2 min walk from fresh food markets, and around the corner from a nice public park for our 2 little kids (which is rare for Florence!), 5 mins from good supermarket, nice neighbourhood. About a 15 min walk to the main attractions in the city - a very pleasant walk. Apartment itself was perfect, good layout, fully equip kitchen, well presented, clean, everything was provided that you would expect, good attention to detail. Even though there is no elevator in the building, there was no hassle getting our double pram (folded-up) up the first level (very wide stairwell). Nicola was the perfect host - provided us with everything that we needed, always willing to help, provided a traditional Italian cake on arrival, and even offered to drive us to the train station on departure!!! Well beyond our expectations. As we stayed for more than four nights, Nicola generously provided us with a tour of Florence and he is an excellent tour guide - even as our children were becoming restless! Nicola was the perfect host and we wish him all the success that he deserves. Strongly recommended and thanks once again.