Michael's flat is a spacious and stylish place to land in Malta. We hired a car to explore the island (parking is free if tricky to find) and still ended up taking a ferry and a bus to Valetta - both terminals within 7 min walk from the flat. There are several grocery shops nearby. Michael has been hugely flexible and offered the use of a cotbed for our little boy too which has been great, as our baby slept in the bedroom upstairs while we could relax downstairs. Bed is exceptional and kitchen is well equipped, IpTV has every channel under the sun.
A couple of things that may be useful to other travellers: as UK travellers, where we have no such restrictions, we needed to be disciplined with showers - hot water runs out in a lot less than 10 minutes and need to wait for a while before the next person can have it. Don't be put off during colder months - the heating may take a while to heat up the space with enormous ceilings but it does get warm. I imagine the same feature keeps the place cool in the summer! There isn't a washing machine in the flat - the listing is very clear on that, so we were prepared, but may be worth noting if you are staying for a while. Overall, it was a great place for us to spend the new year with a very responsive and hospitable host - we'd stay again!