I want to review this place's positives and downsides honestly.
Generally speaking, I recommend this place only if you did not find any other better place and price that you can afford, and you do not have any concerns accepting the downsides I will tell you. Otherwise, I will recommend you skip this place.
Let's start with the downsides to ending up the review with the positive things since if you pass through the downsides without concerns, you will find some benefits at the end.
We know Florence is not cheap, and the apartment prices are overpriced:
* There is no picture of the window view, which I assume is because you are inside a Gallery. You are sleeping with a view of a restaurant inside a Gallery on the second floor.
* At midnight and later on, you will hear the noisy free-falling sound of the metal shutters of the shops closing around. It sounds for a few seconds, but it is very noisy and annoying.
* The same noisy sound will start from 5 am until all the shops are open in the Gallery.
* During the day, the apartment is very noisy until 11 pm or so, when the Gallery is closed.
* The apartment smells of humidity.
* The bathroom has details to be improved: The head shower is not working correctly, and the owner partially fixed the shower sliding door, but it is not closing as expected.
* The bedroom curtains are black, but lights enter from the outside Gallery.
* The bed is not comfortable at all. It is not a bed mattress. These four puffs are tied with an elastic to keep them together in the center. However, I had several backs pain during the next few days because there was a hole in the center when these puffs were not well-tied. This was the most significant negative downside I found.
Let's go with the pros:
* The host is very kind and supportive. He provided excellent tips about restaurants and activities to take a bit off-beaten.
* The best thing about this apartment is that it is very centric. I would not recommend staying in this zone for more than two nights since it is very crowded, but if you want to visit the most tourist places, it might be the right place to stay very close to each landmark.
* There is a sofa in the living room that you might open as a bed. It is not extremely comfortable, but it is better than the main bed.
I would like not to have downsides to mention since the owner is very kind and i want the best for his business, but I think there is room for improvement, and I have to be honest. If he knows how to get constructive feedback, I am sure he can improve the experience very soon.