We stayed a month here from mid february 2013. The apartment itself is a bit worn down with this and that not working or missing but it is also all part of the charm of the place. The kitchen is a bit limited wrt. tools and utensils but not in any big way and you can certainly cook most dishes there. We were dissapointed with the cleanliness of mainly the kitchen area when we arrived. Everything in it had this greasy and sticky feel to it like it hadn't been properly cleaned or washed up in a while. So we basically had to wash everything before we felt comfortable using the plates, forks, pots, pans etc.

Other than that it was a great place to stay. We were recieved by Alejandra with a botlle of water and she had left a few converter plugs out which was a nice feature. There was also a cord for connecting our MacBook Airs to the TV so we could watch movies. The bathroom and shower works really well. The windows to the yard are beautiful with foilage partly covering them and a hummingbird frequenting. Eventhough there isn't any wi-fi in the apartment, Alejandra had arranged for us that we could connect to the neighbor's wi-fi. This worked well. There isn't any AC but the temperature in the apartment was very pleasant and the single ceiling fan was more than adequate. The bed was comfortable but the pillows left a bit to be desired.

The main feature of the apartment is the private roof terrasse which was also one of the primary reasons we ended choosing this place. This terrasse is simply amazing. It is more private than it looks and has a very nice layout. The bbq, shower, basic kitchen area and furniture are all very nice and there is even a parasol which was a pleasant surprise.

The last 10-14 days of our stay, a construction project started in the yard. Basically it was two workers with hammers that worked to remove old concrete and facade. The two were (manually) hammering away every weekday for 8 hours straight from 10 in the "morning" and until 6-7 in the evening. Alejandra warned us about it a few days in advance but we would have liked to have known this before we booked as we would then have booked something else. The yard is very small - like a small livingromm and surrounded by only three apartments. So the noise was substantial, esp. since they were hammering directly on the building. So basically we couldn't be in our apartment during the day the last two weeks - and we also couldn't use the roof terrasse. We were fairly upset about this - esp. considering had they used powertools they could have finished in a day what took them more than two weeks with hammers.

Short version: Nice apartment and roof terrasse but dirty kitchen. And good first half but bad second half.