Daniele is a great host and provided us with a great quality clean room with bathroom for me and my wife. From the SMN station it is about 15 minutes by bus, upon arrival, we were given a map and walkthrough of Florence which was really helpful in planning how to go about exploring the city. We were lucky Daniele had a free day and we enlisted his services to go driving around Tuscany, particularly San Gimignano and Siena. Near his place is a very nice panaterria and gastonomia where we got our fill of ciabattas and prosciuttos. About 5 to 10 minutes walk from his place you could get a bus to get around the city to most of the tourist spots. We would definitely recommend staying with Daniele.