Alessandro's apartment was a great base for exploring Milan in a very interesting area of the city that felt very safe. It was a 15 minute level walk from Centrale station and about a 5 minute mostly pedestrian walk to Porta Garibaldi station (you can catch airport trains here). The Gioia Metro station is very close by to get to anywhere in Milan. The apartment was very clean. The living area and the bedroom are in two separate lofts above the bathroom and kitchen area. We had no problems with noise from the restaurants in front (being hot enough to have the air conditioners on during the night may have helped).