My husband and I started our Italy adventure in Florence at Maurizio and Margherita's apartment, and couldn't have picked better accommodations for the money. Maurizio's communication was absolutely fantastic. He went above and beyond. He met us at the train station and walked us to the apartment, while explaining the beautiful architecture all along the way. He even left us a bottle of Prosecco to enjoy!
After we left, we realized we were missing a credit card. I contacted him and asked if he could look around the apartment when he went back to clean, to see if we missed it. He made an extra trip to look for it. (It ended up being in our bag). Again, he was a "Superman."
The apartment was very clean and in an extremely prime location. It has everything you could need (great shower, comfortable bed, light snacks, Nespresso machine, washer, etc.) We had a very close view of the duamo from the apartment. We also found the best little sandwich shop, not too far from the apartment-close to the Academia. It was called Sandwichic.
All in all, we found Florence to be absolutely magical. A big part of that was knowing our accommodations were great and Maurizio was wonderful, available, and responsive, if needed.
If you are looking for reasonable, extremely clean and comfortable accommodations in the center of everything, this is your place! We would go back in a second!