Overall the stay had ups and downs for my husband and me. I will start with the good and explain the not-so-good at the end. The upside is that the location is fantastic, barely a 5 minute walk to the Statue of David (all of the best spots we reachable within walking distance., even the train station was only 18 minutes walking.) The bed was comfortable and the small patio was nice to look out and be in gorgeous Florence! The double gate made you feel safe and the building was considerably quiet. Inside had all of the furnishings to make a meal and we were gifted some fresh coffee grounds on arrival. :) Maurizio’s place has all of the makings to be a truly great BnB. However we had two issues during our stay. (1)We were allowed an early check-in and were so grateful when we heard that we could show up an 1.5 hours early. The downside was that we were NOT told that the apartment would be left over (uncleaned) from the prior guest. So when we arrived, we were surprised to see hair on the floor, the bed with used sheets, and a few dishes left on the counter. All of this we would have understood if it had been communicated to us that the apartment was going to be cleaned later than our arrival. But it wasn’t and with a $50 cleaning fee ,it just left a bad taste in our mouths. (The cleaning crew did show up a couple hours later and did a good job cleaning.)
(2) The WiFi came in and out of range the entire time. We kept doing the reset button and had moments of connection and then ultimately have more issues. The settings page varied from saying no internet connection under the name of the WiFi network to invalid password... not the worst situation for us but we had to go to a cafe to plan our next train as a result.