I’ll first start off by saying that David’s apartment is really nice, it’s literally a 3 minute walk from Florence’s central train station so that’s just awesome. It has a great modern vibe and I really enjoy the overall inside of the place, it was really spacious and we loved that it had two a/c units, especially when we stay in the summer. I will say that for the price it was a great deal and over decent stay. However there are MANY things to be made of aware before you book this apartment.
David’s apartment likes basic necessities like any other Airbnb would have. He provided ONLY 2 rolls of some GARBAGE toilet paper, literally only half ply. If I wanted to wipe my behind with sandpaper, I would have. The worst part is, that David didn’t supply ANY extra toilet paper at all. Can you imagine 3 grown men staying in Florence for 3 nights and not having any toilet paper half way through the trip?! We kindly asked him if he could provide us with some, and he had the audacity to say “we don’t provide room service.” Since when is providing enough basic toiletries considered a room service request? David told us to just go buy more at the market, which we did and left a couple of rolls for some unsuspecting Airbnb guest. So
Hopefully they can use the restroom without worrying about running out of toilet paper like we did.
Second issue, is just the overall like of basic things in the apartment. There was no hand wash, no extra towels, no paper towels, literally 3 flat no support pillows. David only provides one set of towels ( one small towel and one body towel) for each guest for the duration of the stay. Look I don’t mind reusing towels, but I would at LEAST like to have two extra towels to wash our hands with so we don’t have to use one of our good towels through out our stay. I don’t want to use the towel that I just wiped my butt with to dry my face. Just overall unnecessarily stingy with the towels. And the to top it off, the towels were garbage quality and some had some nasty brown stains on them. So they weren’t even that clean. Another issue was that there’s no paper towel, and I know what you’re thinking, maybe it’s not a big deal. But you see, we accidentally split some water on the floor and we had nothing to clean it up with since we didn’t want to use our only bath towels to clean up water. So we ended using my friend’s socks to dry up the floor. Just ridiculous.
Next I would say that the pull out couch is just an overall horrible mattress to sleep on, the mattress sucks, is full of stains, and just overalls feels dirty. The worst part is that a part of the mattress sinks into the couch so you’re sleep on a decline with your head is lower than the rest of your body, and it just feels weird and annoying. And the one pillow that you have doesn’t help, so it would definitely be nice if everyone had 2 pillows instead of one. The curtains in the living room might as well be see through since they don’t block ANY sun light, so whatever friend you hate the most, you can have them slept in the living room so they can wake up once the sun starts blasting in.
Another thing is that some the pillows, towels, and sheets were dirty. That’s just gross, I don’t ask much while on a trip, but it’ll be really nice if things I sleep and wash my body with are clean.
David also makes you take out all of your trash with you, which wouldn’t be a big deal but you have to go and look for a trash can out on the street. But who wants to be doing that on vacation? I’m not your maid David. Or do you consider taking out the trash as “room service.”
Overall I can’t stress enough of how much little inconveniences you have to put up with this place. It is a great value and a great location but literally comes at a cost. I’ve never had such bad and uncaring host’s. I would NOT recommend staying here, spend an extra $100 on your booking and go find a host who actually cares about giving you a good experience.