This is a very beautiful apartment in a wonderful Milan neighbourhood: five minutes walking to the Darsena, where the two southbound Milan canals meet.
The apartment is on the ground floor of a small, side building in the court of a larger building. It probably used to be an artisan's workshop: now it's an art historian's apartment with a ceiling height ranging from 3 to 5-6m.
Since heat goes upwards, this apartment is probably fresh in the summer. During the the winter, while not cold, it's not exceedingly warm either, specially in the living room. The bedroom, however, is warm.
The bed is 1.40m wide; there's a sofa-bed in the living room that spans 1.60m, though.
Opening the main door of the apartment takes some wiggling of the keys in the keyhole, specially the first time.
The fact that the apartment is in a court, rather than on the street, makes it generally quiet. I am a very light sleeper, so I was sometimes woken up by residents coming in very late at night, since one of the doors of the main building is on the other side of the bedroom wall. My wife, however, never woke up. No sound was ever heard from the floor above.
The host was attentive, courteous, kind, and answered any question within minutes.