Villa Leoni is a very nice property, and the owner, Sergio, and his family are lovely. A few things -- not necessarily negative but just unexpected -- surprised us.
If you have a big group that would like to vacation together BUT like a good deal of individual privacy, this is great for you, because the original villa has been separated into ten entirely separate apartments with either one, two or three bedrooms, each with their own kitchens and bathrooms. For us, though, this was disappointing, as our big group loves renting intact big historic homes, where we all saunter down to the main kitchen in the morning, and we all hang out in the big lovely big living room in the evenings.. The point of these trips is to all come together, and the complete separations and no real indoor common space was an impediment to that. Again, this is NOT a negative -- actually it could be a GREAT feature -- IF your group wants more individual privacy than we do. The misunderstanding may be "on me" for misinterpreting the description. Past villas have used the word "apartment" for bedroom suites that were still part of the original architecture, so it didn't occur to me that this one would have been so separated.
Another surprise is that Sergio's family lives in the villa itself. I'm not sure if the ad said "owner on site" but even if it had I would not have thought that the owner would be living there in the midst of us -- "owner on site" generally means in a separate house on the property.
Sergio was lovely and accommodating in every way however. He immediately responded to every request, both in emails before the trip and while there. The local chef he recommended (Loredana) to cook our first dinner for us was FABULOUS -- a completely sweet person and AMAZING chef!
The pool filter was broken while we were there, and the whole pool was surrounded by a rickety wire fence, so it was not as enticing as it might have been, though they were working on fixing the filter. Friends renting Sergio's smaller house nearby had a beautiful clean pool, so the filter problem in the big villa was probably just temporary.
Location was great, with Firenze 40 minutes away and an abundance of small towns and large towns within easy reach.
To be noted is that Villa Leoni is considerably less expensive than other villas of the same size, so taking this into consideration, it was a VERY good value, a VERY pleasant clean place, and a VERY nice owner.