We stayed 4 nights. We had to return our rental car by 2 pm on arrival day and everything went smoothly so we were ready to check in early if possible. I contacted Jacopo and he was able to ket us get in 1 hr earlier. Much appreciated that so we don’t have to hang out outside for 1 hr. Also I didn’t realize that to check in I need to make actual phone calls and enter a code to unlock the first 2 doors. We only bought data plans so can’t call. Once I explained this to Jacopo, he was able to let us in by unlocking the doors once we got there. Once we got the 3 keys out of the lockbox, we were good to go. The last door to the apartment was hard to open. Not sure why and the handle is loose; we were afraid that it would come off on us but thank goodness that didn’t happen during our stay.
The apartment kitchen was well equipped. The bathroom spacious enough, especially the shower stall. Plenty of hot water for showers except the last full day of our stay and on our departure morning, there was no hot water. Jacopo fixed the issue. The bed was comfortable and there’s extra cover for warmth. I noticed there was a playpen/bed and some kids toys stored in the armoire. We could use a few more hangers; there was only 3. We liked that there was a washer and we did a load of wash. It was a warm October and it was hot in the apartment in the afternoon since the sun came in the 3 windows in the kitchen area. There was AC but we couldn’t turn the temp down to cool off the apartment. Jacopo told me that AC wasn’t available for October. Luckily we didn’t hang around the apartment during the day much. At night, when we opened all the windows and doors, the apartment was able to cool down enough to sleep comfortably. Do bring and wear ear plugs if you want to leave windows and doors open. There was a terrace but we didn’t use it since we usually got back late in the evening. The terrace is next to a school so you would hear children coming to school in the morning and when they leave in the afternoon. That didn’t bother us; we kind of liked it. The apartment was 10-15 minutes walk from most main sights so handy enough. There was a dishwasher but we didn’t use it. We just hand washed since there was just the 2 of us. Do watch out for the low ceiling in the stairwell. I’m only 5 ft so no problem for me. My husband who is 6 ft did hit his head couple times. Also watch out for buses coming by in front of the apartment. The sidewalk & street are narrow. I almost got hit couple times by the buses side mirrors since they stuck out and came super close to me walking on the sidewalk. FYI - We had booked a taxi through Booking dot com to take us to the airport and that cost us $49 euros. The actual trip meter cost was only $24 but since we didn’t have a way to make a phone call we didn’t have a choice.
All in all we enjoyed Florence and our stay.