Alessandro's house was a kind of family house. The building is consist of several separate houses and you will rent one of them. The host also stay in the same building so you can quickly ask if you need something forgot to bring it. In addition, you can take a bus to get to centre of Florence. It takes around 20 minutes to get to the city centre (10 minutes by walk and another 10 minutes by bus). In case you rent a car, you can find a huge mall (for living stuff) on the way to get to the house. In addition, you can find a small wine farm just next to the house.