Marco was awesome! He tried to meet us at the train station, a few blocks from his place, but we didn't find each other because of our lack of a functioning phone in Italy and lack of WiFI at the train station. We eventually found our own way to his place, and he was really helpful and hospitable. We made the trek up 6 flights of stairs (if I counted correctly), and his place was as beautiful and quirky and colorful as the pics. Everything was nice and clean, he welcomed us to partake in any of the food/drink in his place, and gave us a 10 minute crash course in Milan by showing us some maps and giving us some recommendations. His place is a bit far from the center of town (maybe a 20 minute walk), but really convenient for the train station...so it worked well for us.

I'd say the only downsides are the 6th floor walk up and it was a bit noisy with construction/traffic and such. But nothing city folk aren't already accustomed to.