Unfortunately, our stay at The Duck's Nest was very disappointing. I rented this apartment for my two daughters who were studying in Milan for 4 months and the experience was not pleasant. The small apartment has a treacherous (TRULY DANGEROUS) spiral staircase up to the loft bedroom. You can not stand up in the bedroom because the ceiling is too low. However, the worst feature of the apartment is the bathroom. There is a STRONG SEPTIC SMELL that eminates from the room's center drain giving the apartment a foul smell all the time. The internet only works sporadically and the sofa is a twin mattress on the floor with no back support at all. There isn't a comfortable place to sit or sleep anywhere in this apartment. During my daughters' stay, the toilet overflowed, and they had many days with no heat or hot water. The hostess uses her own key to enter the apartment without notice, both when guests are there and when away. The hostess also does not want guests to alert Airbnb to any problems with the apartment. She gets very angry and takes her temper out on her guests. The neighborhood is safe and nice.