The location is great. Pretty walkable to most attractions within 15 mins. Collesseum is under 10. There are great restaurants just downstairs, a great coffee shop, literally around the corner and a convenient store, about half a block away.
The apartment is very very dated. While we like staying at place with "character", this was more dated than expected. It's advertised as a two bedroom, but the loft bedroom has an extremely low ceiling, where my kids feared hitting their heads when seated on bed. They ended up sleeping on the sofabed (which we somehow stumbled upon). For what that was, it was surprising more comfortable than most sofabeds. but we were hoping for 2 actual bedrooms.
The master washroom tub, had drainage issues. Takes a very long time to drain completely. Second bathroom, toilet had issues, and I had to manually fix the pump to make it flush.
The NOISE - something we learned about Rome, the garbage and recycling trucks come EVERY MORNING around 6am. Flipping bins and bins of glass and garbage continuously. Restaurants noise downstairs was as expected, but they are open late and combined with early garbage mornings, means not very many hours of sleep.
Overall, our stay was only just okay. There were certainly other options available at the same price range that would have likely made our trip more enjoyable.
The host was great and extremely responsive. She even organized a private car for pick up from airport, which was very helpful.