There are so many good things about this apartment. The location is terrific, such a good area, and such a pleasure to walk around central Milan, with trams for venturing further afield. The apartment itself is large and light, reasonably priced in a generally overpriced city, the bed is comfortable, the hot water works well, the building has a lift. We stayed midweek and didn’t find the street restaurant noise any problem at all for sleeping, maybe helped by the white noise of the aircon as we were there during a heatwave. The furnishing is okay, reasonably true to photos, maybe a bit shabbier in the living room, with some rather odd posters!
But there are also small irritating things, reflecting haphazard management more than anything else. The kitchen sink was blocked for two of our three days stay, involving quite a lot of chasing to repair on our part, so we paid for a functioning kitchen but didn’t get one. The stove top espresso machine has no handle, the ancient looking Nespresso machine has no pods. The toilet seat slides around so can't be sat on. The living room lamp has a cracked glued base and a stained lampshade. The shower cubicle is due for re-grouting. The bedroom curtain rod is wonky. The smoke detector in the living room beeps and probably needs a new battery. The living room aircon needs servicing - it continues to be noisy even after you’ve turned it off. It’s a general pattern of neglect, involving no great expense or effort to maintain and repair. Here’s hoping it happens.