Lisa was super responsive to our request to rent her apartment for three nights. We booked at the very last moment, so were so pleased that (A) the place was available, and (B) that Lisa responded so quickly.

The pictures of the apartment are spot-on. It's as though your mom's Uncle had to go out of town for a few days and handed off the keys to his cool apartment to you.

The bedrooms are VERY spacious and the room I stayed in with the twin beds was very comfortable. Loved the nightstand with reading lamp between the two beds — very cozy.

We didn't use the the washer/dryer, but it was there for us if we needed it. The twin bed room has AC, but we did experience a problem with a neighbor. After we'd run it most of the night, we were summoned to the apartment's front door by persistent knocking and the buzzing of our doorbell. The neighbor explained that the AC is very noisy in her apartment and doesn't permit her to sleep. We apologized, saying we didn't know it was a problem, and she said not to worry. However, that night we did get very warm in the room because we wanted to be good neighbors and didn't want to turn on the AC. Eventually we had to turn it on, but only left it on for a few minutes each time we did use it. The other bedroom had a fan that seemed to move the air around just fine for the third person in our party.

The location of Lisa's apartment is AMAZING. Really, you couldn't ask for a better spot. If you stay here, do get out in the evening and walk the streets, see the Duomo in the moonlight, grab a slice of pizza and sit on a step while you eat and watch the passersby.

We will definitely stay in Lisa's apartment again when we are in Florence.