I read all the recent reviews before booking so was surprised how far out this place turned out to be. It was in a very residential area about 20+ mins from Santa Maria Novella Station and at least 30mins from the centre of town. We're hikers so a walk wouldn't usually bother us but this walk was pretty unpleasant with tramworks running for about 1km+ from the main station to the apartment so that you had to cross back and forth across the road four times to walk a straight line, with forced detours taking you a long way out of the way into car parks and side streets, with cement dust and jackhammers running all the while. None of this is the host's fault but directions for reaching the apartment would have been appreciated given that most people are arriving with luggage and the tourist map we had to buy at the station hasn't been updated to show the works, which are slated to continue til 2018 at least. Don't make the mistake we did and assume the nearby station mentioned in all the reviews is the main one, it's a local commuter station called Statuto I guarantee you won't use it so will spend much of your time schlepping to SM Novella.
The apartment was clean and modern - bit like an IKEA showroom but with no personal touches. No shower soap or shampoo, no notes on local recommendations or how to get into town. If you're in town on business or to study this may be all you're after but for the same price we paid you could get a hotel - I opted for air BnB because we were in town for 8nights and I wanted something a bit more personal. This wasn't it.