Joshua’s place is very spacious, modern and clean. It’s a 4 level house, so be prepared for lots of steps! When you enter the house, you are in the living room. Spacious and large. A flight of steps down takes you to a huge kitchen, well stocked with pots, pans and cutlery. It opens up to the backyard. Which is a nice space with a hot tub. Please note in order to cook in the kitchen you will need to buy basics like oil, salt, pepper etc. We did not find these in the kitchen.
From the main living area you can walk up the stairs to the 3rd floor where there are two bedrooms. One single bed with a huge common bathroom. 2nd room is a master bed with an attached bathroom. Both the rooms on this floor are comfortable, but do not have attached ACs inside the room. They use the central air conditioning. Nonetheless even when the temperature was hitting a 100F, the house was very cool and comfortable.
On the 4th level are two more bedrooms with their own AC units in the room and they share a bathroom. There is a washer dryer placed outside on this floor.
Overall the house is very clean, spacious and comfortable. The air conditioning works great, especially if you are visiting in the summers. Please note even though there is an elevator in the house it’s not open for use for the guests. So that means going up and down a lot of steps for small things that you might forget, like a glass of water. If you have old people (or those with a knee problem) in your family, I wouldn’t recommend this house as the steps can be tiring for them.
Joshua was very warm and communicative. He met us at the time of checkin. He used the elevator to help us take our luggage up to the rooms, gave a tour of the house. Had a print out with restaurant recommendations, important numbers, taxi apps etc.
The house itself is a 20 mins walks from the Duomo Santa Maria. There is the #8 bus right outside the house which takes you close to all the main attractions. You still have to change a bus or walk 10mins. The tram station is 2 minutes outside the house and within 2 stops you are at the main railway station. So quite convenient.
Getting a cab is a pain from the house. A few cabs cancelled on us. But the train and bus are very convenient options and most evenings we would walk back home.
The house is in a residential part of the city. So it’s much quieter. There is a lovely gelato place (Gelataria de Medici) and an Iranian owned cafe (which sells excellent gran crema) 5 mins walking from the house.
Overall we had a very comfortable stay. If you are a large party this place will be perfect for you.