Paolo's place is as he describes. We were welcomed by his housekeeper (as Paolo was out of town) and despite her speaking little English and us speaking little Italian or Spanish we managed to understand everything. Paolo was available for any other questions we had.
We easily got the tram into the city - it's very easy, 25 mins straight into the Duomo. There is access to the free Milano city wifi from Paolo's balcony - it's good for email and few Facebook updates. It's a very secure building and it was great to have a safe, covered place for our car in Paolo's garage.