The apartment is very central, we walked everywhere and our directions and check in arrangements were simple.
It was great to have food, milk, fruit etc when we arrived - it does feel like a home from home.
Lots of the bars on the canals have 'all you can eat' buffets in the evening - though we didn't try these.
Whilst we didn't have the views from the balcony, we were able to sit outside on it - Maria let us know before we arrived and this was fine.
We would love to return to Milan and would stay here again.