I stayed at Valentina's place for 5 nights while attending a conference at the MiCo.
Pros:
- Location was EXCELLENT. MiCo is ~15-min walk, Downtown/Duomo was 30min and several routes available to bring you there. 24-hr convenient store and bakery below. 24-hr Carrefour Supermarket within 10-min walk.
- Friendly hosts (Valentina and her mother)
- Two friendly, adorable cats who enjoyed my company.
- Clean room and bathroom
Cons:
- No AC in the home/room (gets quite warm, especially in the summer). If a fan was provided, this would been appreciated (although I did not request for one).
- The room will be brightly lit starting around 6:30 AM when the sun rises and is located near to a main road so traffic can be quite loud (bring sleeping eye mask and ear plugs if you wish to sleep undisturbed)
- No way to lock the room while I was away
Unrelated, traveler tips:
- Take the Malpensa Airport Shuttle and align at Fieramilanocity (15-min walking distance to Valentina's place). Only €8-10 one-way or €14-16 round trip. My buddy took a taxi from Malpensa to Duomo and it cost him €140, which is insane.
- Uber rides are way more expensive than the local taxi, as there is only UberBlack/Lux available.
- There is a Media World electronic store ~5 minutes walk from her place that sells Sim Card for Tourists. I purchased a Tim prepaid plan of 10GB data for €7 (no minutes or texting) as I was only there for 5 nights. There are larger data plans available too for the heavy users, all of which were very affordable (by North American standards).