It is very nice and authentic apartment. It has good hot water, everything you may need for the stay. There is a market and a cafe 5 mins by foot, and grocery store 10 mins. Cecilia was a very welcoming and good host.
We didn’t expect apartment will be quite far away from the center, 30 mins of walking to the border of the city center. But you have good connection by different busses, one did take us directly to the top of the hill to the view point! Keep in mind you need to buy tickets beforehand as bus drivers doesn’t sell them. And tobacco shops where they sell them close early and open late, anyway we found one ticket machine at the Santa Maria novella train station.
The other thing is the noise. Apartment is located in the very comfortable and nice living area, in the evening it’s quiet so much that you can hear the birds. But the building is located right in front of the train line and on a small but very live crossroads, that’s why in the morning, starting from 6:30 you feel like you sleep on the street, fully closed windows doesn’t reduce any noice from the street, we checked :) with them open and closed, - no difference.
Overall it was a very pleasant stay, Florence is amazing and unspeakably beautiful city.