We had enjoyed our stay at Valentina's place - she was warm and helpful and even her gran who lives next door was helpful and warm in explaining things to us...She even shared with us her life story which we had enjoyed listening. We see that she has come through life with all its colour. And when Valentina was not able to welcome us (she has a night job to go to), she had her two friends to do the welcoming and they too were equally helpful.
They even walked me to the local shop downstairs to buy my bus tickets.

The place was clean and the bathroom though not en-suite was very much left to ourselves and especially to person like me who needs the night toilet was very handy. Though the summer heat in Milan is something else - despite that a fan though not as efficient as an air-conditioner was helpful enough - as come early morning we experienced cool breeze coming through the window alongside the fan. Breakfast was simple which we liked. There was a washing machine ready but we did not use - hand wash was more than sufficient and our wash dries out easily in the room by morning due to low humidity.
So on the whole we had enjoyed our stay and will surely come back in the future whenever we are in Milan.