We have chosen Mario's apartment due to the beautiful pictures and the good reviews, but we would like to share our honest opinion.
Mario's aunt gave us a friendly quick welcome. Please make sure to look up the house rules as you have to pay additional 30 Euro to her in cash, when checking in after 21h.
On the first morning we were torn out of the sleep at 8 a.m. by the construction workers hammering and sawing on the big (pretty advanced) construction site that is mentioned nowhere! From Monday to Friday, there is constant construction noise directly in front of the terrace which makes it next to impossible to enjoy the place for chatting, coffee drinking, working remotely, sleeping or relaxing. We reported this to Mario immediately the first day as we feel this is a huge topic not to be mentioned at all - it is quite the opposite: the apartment is described as quiet, with no neighbors next or above you. Which is absolutely not the case: we had partys next to us and from the level above an old man observes Marios terrace quite persistently. We told mario also that we discovered that there are strong smells in the flat. He said he didn't know about it, but some strange smell has already been reported by other visitors back in 2018.
We were hoping we can find a different place for the rest of our vacation as there would have been several occasions to mention the construction site, but Mario did only refer us to Airbnb and did not want to let us out of the contract. He even mentioned that he does not feel comfortable with us being in the apartment, so you can imagine this does not feel welcoming at all on the first day in his place. We stayed, trying to be out of the flat as much as possible. Malaga is beautiful!
In the end, the Airbnb-mediationcenter organized a little money from Mario back, as his pictures show a non-appropriate view. As we did not have airbnb-valid proofs for the other differences between his description and our experience, like the excistance of the neighbors and their noise, they could not sanction more than the pic. But airbnb believed us and refunded kindly from their budget. Thank you, airbnb!
All in all, we cannot recommend to stay here if you seek peace and quietness and want to enjoy a relaxing terrace. And we still feel the description and fotos paint a different picture than reality, as nothing in the profile has been changed since the airbnb mediation.