Fantastic location. Able to do all of Florence on foot. Great apartment, well equipped and right outside is Santa Croce which is a must see. Also recommend doing a tour of palazzo vecchio at night (around 7/7.30) you miss the crowds but are able to climb the tower just before it closes at 8pm. The perfect way to see it. Also get to gallery uffizzi half an hour before opening time to avoid queues. It worked out really well and then we had the rest of the day free which gave us time to go to Pisa and back on train. Easy! We had a massive problem with cabs. We didn't need one until our last day. We wanted a taxi to take us to the train station because we had luggage with us. The taxi rank in the square outside the apartment must just be for show because we waited 45 minutes and no taxis came. We went looking and none stopped when we hailed them down so we missed our train. We were really annoyed! It was a massive inconvenience. We ended up getting the bus which is just around the corner.
Niccoló wasn't there this week but his friend Daniele was there to warmly greet us. He was friendly and full of information. Niccoló had left us with a map, lists of places to go and very generously... A bottle of wine! :) all in all it was a great time and would have loved a few more days there.