We had a simply wonderful welcome from Anna Lisa from the time we pressed the downstairs buzzer until we set off 5 days later. We were quite late in arriving so before Anna Lisa went through all the details, she suggested we go out and have dinner (and she gave us a very good local suggestion) and she would return later with her husband. When we got back about 10pm Anna Lisa was waiting with a delicious apricot tart! She and her husband made all sorts of very good suggestions for our stay and we felt confident about tackling the very convenient metro next morning.
The apartment was spacious with large rooms and two bathrooms, with plenty of kitchen equipment also, plus coffee and butter and jam for our breakfast left in the fridge.
The Isola area had loads of good restaurants and in the opposite direction, a short walk away, was a large Carrefour grocery. The streets had a good genuine atmosphere, a normal part of Milan where everyday people lived and shopped. And only a few stops in on the metro to the Duomo. Being at Anna Lisa's apartment was a classic case of 'living like the locals', in a very interesting building, very well maintained. We hope to head back at some time. A very good experience.