Clean and spacious apartment located within a 10 minutes walk to the Milan Central Train Station. Lift access to the apartment (small lift that is able to accommodate one person and one large suitcase at best). Large spacious living room, kitchen, toilet and one bedroom. Air-conditioning available in the living room and bedroom.

Comes with quite a well-equipped kitchen: oven, kettle, induction stove, full size refrigerator, dish washer, pots, plates, cutlery etc. For those planning to do laundry, there is a washing machine in the toilet. Do note that that is no dryer, hence the clothes will only be spin-dry at best. You will need to hang dry the clothes thereafter, and for this purpose, there is a small balcony at the back of the kitchen with a clothes rack for hanging. It will depend on the weather, and amount of available sunlight, that will determine how quickly your clothes dry.

There is a large 46 inch Sony television in the living room. Unfortunately, it is not a Smart TV, so you will not able to access Youtube, Netflix etc. There are physical connections to the TV (HDMI, PC etc), but access to the panel is blocked by the cabinets. So unlikely you will be able to use the TV for any other purposes apart from watching local free to air TV channels. Only Italian channels, no sports, no English or any other channels.

Wifi is pretty fast and coverage is decent throughout the apartment.

Toilet comes with washing basin, toilet, bidet, standing shower, hair dryer and washing machine. The standing shower is sufficient, but not generous in size. No ledge or stand inside the standing shower to place your shampoo and soap. Draining in the shower is quite slow, so water tends to pool up if you shower for long periods of time. The wash basin water pressure is a little low too. Apart from that, toilet is good.

The apartment also comes with wooden blinds (to provide shade from sun and for protection purposes I think). The wooden blinds may be difficult to operate, so best to ask the person how it works. I spent quite a fair bit of time trying to figure out how the wooden blinds function.

Owner tends to be somewhat slow when responding to messages on the AirBnb app. So you may have to message the owner a few times in case he/she misses your earlier message. Was met by the owner’s friend who showed me the apartment and passed me the keys. I think the owner has outsourced the management of the apartment to some external people.
For those who will be staying for longer periods, do be mindful of rubbish disposal. Based on the owner’s writeup, Italy is quite picky about separating your trash into plastics, papers, waste etc. However, during the handover, no information was provided as to where or how the rubbish should be properly disposed. Messages to the owner on this point were unfortunately unanswered. For future guests, it might be best to ask about rubbish disposal during the handover process.

It’s somewhat pricey, but you do get what you pay for. Newly renovated apartment in an older apartment block. Location is good with Carrefour Express less than 100 metres away, and another Penny Mart about a 5 minutes walk away. Lots of pharmacies and eateries within walking distance. For Chinese food, there is “Su Garden” just round the corner, one street away. If you’re willing to pay more for higher quality dim sum, “Mu Dimsum” is about 5-8 minutes walk away. Very convenient.
In terms of safety, I think the neighbourhood is quite safe. There are two childcare centres located within 50 metres of the apartment, so I assume it should be a relatively safe area. There is a “Kitchen Lab” just across the apartment which serves the various food delivery services like Uber Eats, Deliveroo, Glovo etc. Hence at times, you will find a lot of the food delivery riders, who typically appear to be of African descent, waiting around the area. Occasionally able to hear their loud conversations, even from inside the apartment. Thus far, I have not been bothered by them when I walk pass to reach the apartment.
The Milano Centrale railway is about 11 minutes walk away, whilst the Repubblicca Metro station (M3 Line) is about 3 minutes walk. Quite convenient for intercity or intra-Milan travel.
Overall, quite spacious, clean and convenient place. A little on the expensive side, with a few small blemishes that can be easily rectified. Recommended and will stay again!