This place is in a great location, but definitely not in the shape the pictures suggest. The view of the duomo is unbelievable, and proximity to shopping, attractions etc is unbeatable but the owners desperately need to hire a handyman for a day and a better cleaning service (or just a better property manager) and that would change everything!
Martina emailed me prior to our stay and asked what time we would be arriving, and was very accommodating in letting us into the apartment early to drop our luggage before it was cleaned. We were in and out in 20 minutes for the rest of the day. We returned to an apartment at about 6pm that had been half cleaned—surfaces wiped down, but hair in the shower drains, lipstick on glasses, dust bunnies galore. There were other issues as well like doorknobs broken and the trash not emptied. We then went upstairs to have our wine on the roof to find that half of the slats in the chairs were missing with screws sticking up into our legs. I was really looking forward to doing laundry but when I opened the washing machine, it stank terribly of mold, and there was a TON growing in the rubber gasket. I went down the street to the laundromat instead. I sent Martina a note with pictures of all of this on our second day and have not had a response. Long story short, very little was as expected, especially for the amount we paid.
I will update the review if/when I hear back.