Mara's House

Very Good
Traveller Type: Family with Young Children
  : Mara was very nice and accommodating, the location was great, only about 10 min by foot from the St. Peters basilica, close to the metro, city centre, restaurants, stores and pharmacy nearby! She was very kind and let us check in and out a bit later
  : The house smelled a bit too strong of cigarette smoke which could be a problem for some people... and I had a bit of trouble finding the place as it wasn't signalised, but I called mara and she helped right away

Poor
Traveller Type: Family with Young Children
  : Only the location. Close to Vatican.
  : The room is in the same house with the host, practically is a room rented from her appartment. The entire house smelled like cigarrettes. The room was clean but the beds very, very uncomfortable, army like metal beds with a bad sofa on top. The room was very cold, the bathroom on the hallway (the host said it was private, maybe but we avoided coming back to the location until late at night), the phone number she gave us was not available. For 120 eur per night was the worse location I ever rented for a city break. I do not understand the positive reviews from previous travellers.

Good
Traveller Type: Traveling as Couple

Disappointing
Traveller Type: Traveling as Couple
  : The location was really nice, close to Vatican City and many different spots to eat nearby as well as a grocery store just around the corner. A kettle and fridge are also a plus, but the kettle was not very clean. And the fridge is small and freezes too much. In addition, you can't have a fridge and kettle on at the same time because there is only one socket for both of them.
  : A lot of things actually. First of all, it was said that you can pay by card but we were told in the place that you actually can't and we need to search for an ATM. On top of that, there was no clear mention that the hosts live in the same apartment. Then it said that it's a non-smoking place, but for several days there was a strong smell of cigarettes from the hosts rooms and we had to explicitly ask to ventilate. The room was pretty dusty, every night we had stuffy noses because of that. In addition, there are two very noisy beds that make a sound every time you move, plus they tend to move apart. And the lights in the room are too bright in my opinion, and the bedside ones as well.

Very Good
Traveller Type: Family with Young Children

Very Good
Traveller Type: Family with Young Children
  : The location was excellent. Very reachable to every place and a lot of options for food and daily need things. Moreover it is very close to the local bus and sight seeing options.
  : The room was pretty cosy.

Very Good
Traveller Type: Traveling as Couple

Very Good
Traveller Type: Family with Young Children
  : My mother and I really enjoyed the complementary coffee which we used to make ourselves our morning coffee every morning of our stay. The kettle and the mini fridge were also a great addition to the room. The room also had a giant wardrobe with plenty of space which came in useful for hanging our clothes. The bathroom had hot water and plenty of towels and complementary shampoo and body wash packets. The location of the room was also literally only a block away from the Vatican museum and because of this there was a lot of restaurants and shops and public transport options near the apartment. There were also other famous Roman landmarks at a walking distance from the room.
  : There was a noticeable smell of cigarette smoke outside of the room (thankfully it wasnt present inside the room with the door closed) but we came to find out that smoking in Rome is more common than where we are from so we just accepted it as a Roman custom.