Its hard to write this review after reading so many fantastic reviews. But i review everyplace i stay as accurately as possible. here goes... We arrived in florence following carmines provided instructions (best location instructions I've ever seen including pictures of where to turn) apt was easy to find we arrived late in the day we quickly closed the window and dropped our bags to explore the city when we arrived back at the apt late that evening our room reeked of cigarette smoke. The open windows and door must have masked the smell. We stayed the night with no other options and promptly left the next am to find another place to stay for the remainder of our stay in florence. We had to find a laundry to wash the smell out of everything. As far as the room it was large and bright this apt is really a backpackers motel more than a private home or bnb with multiple rooms. With multiple guests sharing one bathroom. Its located directly above the market. Convenient but they start setting up the market around 330 am and it sounds like they are building a ship out there.
Carmine did contact us the next day after we left and asked why we left. He did say he wished we would have told him about the smoke and that he could have made another room available for us.
We never met carmine personally during our experience but he was very prompt to answer our emails texts and calls.
I would not stay here again