Giovanni was very quick to respond and very nice, he offered suggestions and found him to be a good host.
The apartment is 10 minutes walk away from the subway and we found the area pretty safe to walk even after dark.
The apartment looks exactly like in the photos, but what the rather unpleasant surprise was it has two doors communicating with a common hallway. While one is a normal door, the other one (which goes directly into the bedroom) is a double glass door. There are curtains for privacy, but still it didn’t feel very safe.
The beds were comfortable, the kitchen and bathroom were ok, but the whole place was dusty and needed cleaning.
The other issue was noise from upstairs at night, but we texted the host one evening about it and that seemed to improve things.