My husband and I stayed at tarcisios' place for 3 nights,and really enjoyed our stay. It is not in the center of the city, so you don't have the heavy crowds on your head, but about 15-30 minutes walk to all the touristic spots. Nice neighborhood with GREAT supermarket near by. All the cool restaurants and cafes are also in a few minutes walk. We had a rental car, and found a free parking space on the street (they don't come so often in florence, and we manged to find 1 of the few available. So I guess don't count on free parking, but you might be lucky like we did). Besides, the apartment was very comfortable, and Tarcisio is super nicenice and helpful.