The apartment was a lovely, high-ceilinged, spacious place with a big, comfortable bed, a pretty well-equipped kitchen, a short walk to the train station, in a pleasant residential area. Roberto lives elsewhere in the building and was very prompt in his communications. He also accommodated my unexpectedly very late (almost midnight) arrival without any complaint.
The biggest negative, and the reason we are giving 4 stars instead of 5 stars is that we were not informed ahead of time that the building is undergoing a renovation and that the entire front of the building, including most of the apartment’s windows were blocked by scaffolding. Though it was not terribly noisy as construction sites go, it still was quite noisy, with hammering and other activities sometimes going on throughout the daytime. Also, even though the street appears to be a quiet residential street, at least one night during our visit someone outside was going on loudly for much of the night. The scaffolding also cut off some of the light and at least in October, there already wasn’t a lot of natural light in the apartment despite having several windows. The advantage of that, though, was that the apartment was comfortably cool even when it was very hot outside.
Another minor point: it was like pulling teeth to get Roberto to give us a second set of keys, as my wife and I often go our separate ways. He finally did provide them, but it seemed like a battle that we shouldn’t have had to fight.
Once the renovations are complete and the scaffolding is gone, this will be a 5-star accommodation.