Let’s start with the positives, we had a great check in experience and communication with Camilla was flawless. Location is awesome, close to the duomo and a lot of sights to walk to.
Now with the cons. This is the third Airbnb we stayed in Italy and although larger, was by far the worst of them all for around the same cost. The bell tower only a block away rings daily on the hour starting at 7am every morning, so be aware if you are trying to sleep in. Once inside, the place reminded me of a college dorm, cheap decor and an uncomfortable dirty couch with barely any lighting other than floodlights. Everything in the apartment looked like it was pieced together from a thrift store with no direction whatsoever. The walls are paper thin and you can hear when people walk around upstairs, use the sink, shower etc. Out of the three times I used the shower, twice someone used water in another unit and the water turned cold and spat out half the water as normal for 2-3 minutes. As far as cleanliness goes, there was a dirty mop sitting on the floor of the only bathroom and once we got out of the shower if we walked around our feet would turn black. There was black mold in the shower walls, near the floor, and even on the shower nozzle cord. There was also a loud german shepard dog in the apartment below that barked all morning, if you didn’t already get woken up by the bell tower at 7am. Pigeons everywhere outside of balcony, at least 100 at all times, makes the patio looking out to the duomo unusable. I think this should definitely be noted as that is the main reason we booked this place. The woman who lives below feeds the pigeons from her large patio and leaves them many bowls of water so they have made it their home. Any time a door is opened pigeons come flying over to the roof adjacent as they have learned that a door opening signals food. There were also 3-4 dead pigeon carcasses outside of the balcony on the patio below in empty planters. They were moved the next day to a different spot on the patio, so it was obvious the owner below saw them but did not dispose of them. It’s a shame that we could not use the patio, enjoying food or a glass of wine out there is not romantic nor enjoyable with all the pigeons lurking right beside you.