My boyfriend and I stayed here 5 nights in May 2019. The host met us outside the building and he carried our suitcases up the long flight of stairs to the apartment on the first floor. (Note: All apartments in Italy that are on the “first floor” are one flight up from the street.) The apartment is spacious with high ceilings and has a small, modern, and efficient kitchen with a dishwasher, oven, microwave and gas stove. The bedroom is away from the street and wonderfully pin-drop quiet. The king size bed is comfortable. There is plenty of storage for clothes. The bedroom window and door look out onto a terrace in a light well where we hung our wet clothes after using the washing machine in the bathroom.
The small sofa in the living room seats 2 people comfortably and is a sofabed, so I assume the apartment can sleep 4 people. The sofa is also the only traditional seating in the living room, other than throw-pillow-covered stone steps that lead up to the high windows.
Those windows appear to be made from bottle bottoms and you cannot see out of them. The building is on a narrow street and during our stay, although several days were sunny, we did not see very much sunlight coming through, as shown in the photos. Perhaps it got sun mid-day when we were out.
Like other reviewers, we experienced sporadic internet connectivity. Of the 5 nights we were there, we had connectivity half the time. The host said the service provider was having problems. In any case, it appears this is an ongoing issue. if you depend on having working wifi, unless the wifi issues are completely resolved, you are likely to be frustrated.
Also, the power went out in the apartment twice. We learned that there are a few appliances, such as the washing machine, hair dryer, oven and electric tea kettle that should be used only one at a time.
The host was responsive each time we contacted him. I did have an added expense when I turned on my cell service once so I could reach him when the power and internet went out.
The apartment’s location is great. It is near the Ponte Vecchio, which makes it central to many of the highlights of Florence. It is on a small street that does not get nearly as busy as many other streets. It is near many restaurants and also not far from a grocery store where we shopped for our breakfasts and a couple of dinners during which we enjoyed the complimentary bottle of wine the host provided at the start of our stay