The apartment was pristine clean; nice and warm (Milan in the winter does get chilly); the kitchen had all I needed, with clean cups and plates etc, a big fridge, a nespresso machine (although no capsules, but there's a Lidl around the corner). There is a bar and a minimart across the road, a friendly pizza restaurant (La Padellaccia) where a monster pizza cost 8 Euros, and it's a short walk to the river with pleasant market on Saturday.