Overall, our stay at Maurizio’s apartment was OK. We found the Airbnb to be comfortable especially the bedrooms - except for the hard, flat pillows.
However it was quite small and there really wasn’t any room to sit or lounge for 4 people because of the small size. There’s basically a love seat and an uncomfortable chair in the small living room. It’s really not ideal for more than four people. The location was fine but it’s about a 10 minute walk to the ponte vecchio and away from the hustle and bustle of the area.
I don’t know the criteria for a super host but did not feel that Maurizio was very engaged with us prior to, during or even after the stay. There were some weird actions that he took that made us scratch our head. For example he was late for our check in and made us stand outside in the rain for about 15 minutes while he arrived. Then when we went into the apartment and lugged our bags up the three stories he walked into the apartment and asked us to wait outside in the hallway for about 15 minutes while he went inside and checked on “something”. We felt like he was unprepared for our arrival and was making some last-minute updates while we stood outside in the hallway.
During our 5 day stay he didn’t check on us with exception of answering an email about the uncomfortable pillows - even then it took him 2 days to respond. It was a self check out process but he never checked on our stay or communicated with us since. My sense is that with a full time job, family and 5 apartments he’s stretched pretty thin and doesn’t have time for the details that make a stay at his apartments a solid “5”.
Overall the stay was fine but would encourage future guests to consider the steps, the overall comfort and space and interaction with the host. Solid 3 star stay.