I spent a week at Carlos’ place, so quite a lot of time to make some consistent observations. Here goes..
The place is very nicely decorated and the location is brilliant. The building itself is tucked away in an internal courtyard, away from the street, so I was hoping for it to be quiet. Unfortunately, not so. The wall between this and the next door apartment is just a partition wall and the person living there is quite noisy and likes to get up very early. So, if you’re a light sleeper, reconsider. Some noise can also be heard from the flats below.
At the time of my making the booking the listing claimed there was a washing machine in the apartment (this has now been amended). This was important to me as I was staying a while and traveling on. Unfortunately, and without being notified about this by the host, the washing machine was not available (apparently being repaired) and the cupboard in which it was housed closed with a lock.
When I asked the host about this I received little by means of apology and got told to use a public laundry facility.. I was not keen on this for a number of reasons and it wasn’t until a day or so have passed that the host finally offered to help me with this. Unfortunately the whole operation was far from smooth and at least three different people were involved in the process. Finally I got my washing back just before I was due to check out and one of the items went missing.
Communication is not the strongest point here and judging by the differing levels of English and customer approaches, the written enquiries are being dealt with by more than one person. This makes arrangements complicated and details get lost in translation..