Here’s the 411 on Vera’s spot—
Be prepared to walk a longer distance to the sights such as the Duomo, the Uffuzi, etc because she lives further than what it seems to those destinations. It’s around a 23-25 minutes walk to get to the main old town of Florence where most of the sights are— you have to cross one of the bridges that connects Florence so it can slightly daunting. Although her place is far from the main parts, she’s closer to the Firenze S.M.N train station.
She has A/C which is a nice plus on a hot Italian day and she has WiFi. One thing I struggled with is the shower because it was difficult getting it to a warm temperature since it was either very hot or very cold or would just turn cold. She has a 6 minute shower rule, so you can imagine me racing the clock trying to find a nice balanced temperature to shower in and also adhere to her rule. She wasn’t in town while I was there so I never personally met her and it was difficult to or respond with her, but she had some neighbors two floors down check me in.
Overall, I think for what it cost, it was reasonable.