This apartment is in the perfect location in the center of Florence, with a truly spectacular view of the Duomo. Camila and Alberto are wonderful hosts--they gave us a bottle of wine to share upon arrival and many useful recommendations of places to eat/visit in Florence! However, there were several issues regarding the apartment itself, which I've detailed below.
The main issue for us was the bathroom: there was no toilet paper when we arrived, so we had to go out and buy. Additionally--and more importantly--the toilet had major flushing issues (in that it didn't). When we contacted Camila to report this, she said to wait a few minutes after the initial flush and try again. This worked for the next few times (although awkward if I hadn't been traveling with my fiance), but by the last day the toilet was back to not flushing at all. As previously stated, this is a beautiful old apartment in the center of Florence, so I understand there will be issues beyond the control of the owner, but basic plumbing is something we can't ignore.
The second issue was surrounding the porch deck and view. We chose this apartment expressly for the view and the thought of drinking wine out on the balcony. While the view in the photos is accurate--and beautiful--there is an unfortunate cluster of pigeons directly below and on the adjacent roof. By cluster I mean ~100 pigeons. Again, this may be outside of the owner's control, but it made it an extremely unpleasant experience to try to do anything other than stand on the porch for more than 30 seconds. Eating on the deck was out of the question.
Finally, the stove was impossible to turn on and in the end we gave up because we were nervous about potential safety issues. The hosts should include instructions of how to turn this on, as it could be just a difficult device, but was challenging/potentially dangerous for us to attempt to cook.