DAVIDE'S HOUSE MILANO

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Struttura lasciata a sé. No acqua in frigo, no sapone, carenza di lampadine dove servirebbero, asciugamani improponibili così come la biancheria.

Very convenient location to Milan and the Humanitas hospital. Lots of public transport links. Beautiful park like setting with a balcony.

There was some miscommunication about our arrival time and then I was unable to contact the property

Nothing.

Where to start? First of all, before arriving, when stuck in traffic I sent a message to the host saying we would be a little late (but still within the anticipated arrival time we'd communicated) and he replied saying there wasn't any traffic and that if we didn't arrive within 15 minutes we'd have to wait until 9 pm (3 hours later!). We'd booked the apartment for 3 guests, yet there were only 2 small bath-towels and 1 hand towel (we were supplied with additional towels the next day). The bathroom has a bath with a shower hose, yet there is no plug so you can't have a bath and nowhere to attach the shower head so you can't have a shower. In the kitchen there are 3 forks, 3 spoons etc., and very few, old pots and pans. There is a kitchen table but only 2 chairs, so my husband had to use a bedside table as a chair! The single bed was broken in the middle and risked snapping completely in half, so we had to move the mattress to the floor to avoid injury during the night. Unfortunately, the floor was so dusty it was difficult to sleep on the new "floor bed". We notified the host of the broken bed straight away (with photos), and were told someone would be round to fix it the next day but we didn't hear from or see anyone for the rest of our stay. The sheets and pillows smelt musty and the bed covers were really old and synthetic. There were other issues which aren't the fault of the host, but worth mentioning to help travellers choose where to stay: there is zero network coverage for phones (or at least vodafone). As the house has no wifi, we had to put our phones out on the (very dirty) balcony to try to get some coverage - not ideal with a child who wants to watch netflix. The toilet is really really noisy when it flushes. As the apartment is on the ground floor of a block of flats, any time anyone in one of the apartments above went to the toilet, it was so noisy it woke us all up (at 2 am, 4 am etc.).

If you're travelling from Milan, it's very easy to reach it - the apartment is close to tram stop (tramway №15 directly from Duomo). Pam supermarket 5 minutes walk. Calm area, fenced territory, 1st floor. Comfortable bed.

Old school check-in - you have to contact the property and someone will let you in (keyboxes are more than usual these days). The apartment itself is a bit worn-out (probably 15 years with no repair). Dusty balcony. Not fresh towels. The heating system wasn't operating. A lot of noise from the neighbours - bad soundproofing - you can hear cars from the parking lot, sewerage system, roller shutters. 15 minutes before check-in the owner told that Wi-Fi isn't working. Probably some technical issues, but another guest here also mentioned that before, so it's up to you to decide. City tax issue - I asked the owner if my 2 years old child is also charged - he said "yes". As far as I found the info later, no city in Italy charges children up to 10 years old (in Milano it's up to 18 years old free). I asked the owner if it's possible to leave the tax on the day of check-out (not a huge request, as everywhere else it wasn't even a problem) I've left it with the keys on a table in the kitchen in the morning. The owner then texted that I haven't and asked to send money directly to his bank account. By now, he didn't write to me no apologies for presuming me not paying the tax - his employee took it or someone else - I don't know.

The Guy who met us was very nice, but we had to pay extra 20€ because we arrived at 23:00

There was no hot water in the evening and in the morning, we couldn’t tak shower or even wash face because water was very very cold.