Andrea was a fantastic host! He even picked us up at the airport very late at night and drove us to the apartment, helping with the baggage. The place is in a great and very safe neighborhood. It is very clean. We found a wonderful breakfast place on Via Torino (walk up Via dei Piatti, then turn left) called EatMe and Go. It is hard to find a grocery store in this area, but there's a great gourmet food shop called Peck, the Italian Temple of Gastronomic delights, on Via Spidari 9 (take Via dei Piatti to Torino and turn right toward the Duomo. About 2 short blocks before the Duomo square, Spidari is in the left). It is quite expensive, but a delicious splurge.
The apartment was clean, the bed very comfortable, and the street and building are quiet at night. The only problem we found is that there is no washer, even though the listing says there is one. That was a big disappointment for us as we had just spent 10 days in Russia and urgently needed to do laundry. I ended up washing everything by hand, and leaving it to drip dry on the rack that was in the apartment. Once that was resolved, all was well. There's great local transportation nearby on the tranvias or by Metro, and the doorman helped us when we were leaving by calling a taxi to take us to the train station (the least expensive way to get back to Malpensa airport. All in all, we loved the apartment! Good wi-fi connection too. Thank you, Andrea!