We arrived a little early for check-in but Tommaso answered our call and his mother let us leave the luggage. They are both very pleasant and Tommaso speaks good English. This is a bright, light apartment, very clean and well fitted out. It has a 2-plate induction hob and mini dishwasher in the kitchen area. Upstairs the mezzanine level has a modern, tiled shower room, good towels were supplied. There is a rail to hang clothes with plenty of hangers. Laundry area with new washing machine, clothes rack and iron. Make sure you get the multi-lingual instruction book for the washing machine as one 40degree cotton programme take 3 hours. The head height through to the showeroom didn't bother us but it might if you are very tall. We took a plug-in night light to remind us to bend a little. The bed was comfortable and the sleeping area fine for us. The box-stairs arrangement is fine, but do start with the right foot when going down. The location was really good, with the market across the street and restaurants, wine bars and essential shops everywhere. The market has lovely a wine bar, cafe and bakery selling gorgeous bread (try Torchon) and places to eat upstairs. The apartment is barely 10 minutes from the main train station (cross the road at the pedestrian crossing, turn right and Via Nazionale is second left. Via Nazionale is on a smaller sign just below the top sign for via dell'Ariento so we missed it at first, but found our way from the other direction. (In Florence the sign for an adjoining street seems to be placed at the top so it can be confusing at first to work our where you are. )10 minutes walk through to the Piazza del Duomo. All in all, we were very pleased with our 5 day stay. It can be noisy up to 11.30 pm as the market area is cleaned and recycling collected (get earplugs if a light sleeper|). One of the door keys gave us a problem (the silver key for the safety door into the house-perhaps we were too careful, but believe a new key will be cut.) We got local advice and used the city buses (get the No. 12 to Piazzale Michelangelo for a 30 minute drive to this fabulous look-out point high over the city and we travelled out of Florence by train and pullman service and found both to be punctual, clean and good value.
We would recommend this apartment.