Marco and his place were great! The apartment was exactly as pictured, everything was clean, and Marco had coffee, bottled water, and a bottle of wine there for us. He saw us outside, greeted us, and carried our bags up the one flight to the unit. He responded immediately to all messages, and on our last day, he even called to set up our taxi to the train station.
We absolutely loved Florence, and our experience was shaped in large part by our stay in Marco's apartment. As many other reviewers noted, Marco's handmade guidebook was fantastic! He included a lot of recommendations we wouldn't have found otherwise and really enjoyed. A tour guide we had one day was really impressed when we told her about the suggestions he had included.
The location was perfect - we were within a 20 minute walk of everything we wanted to do. We walked everywhere and actually ended up doing a lot less walking than we were expecting, because the apartment was so centrally located. We even came 'home' to make frequent pit stops during our daily activities.
My parents are planning a trip to Italy in the spring and they'll definitely be contacting Marco to stay at the Uffizi View!