The location of the property in relation to having to retrieve a key to enter the apartment is not convenient. The 10-minute walk, depending on what time of day you arrive, can be cumbersome going through a highly trafficked tourist area.
Plus, if you need to, you will have to store your luggage off-site away from the apartment (around 1 block) for 8 Euro per locker. There is nowhere at the apartment location to store luggage or personal belongings before check-in.
Also, after you check out, regardless of where you are headed next on your travels, you have to walk the same 10-minute journey back, with luggage and drop the key off at the same property manager's office. This makes zero logic and would have been easier to have a key lock box on-site of the property. Totally annoying!
The apartment itself is basic with all the standard Airbnb IKEA furniture, dishes, bedding, etc.
Pros: Decent location in consideration to access to all the tourist things in Malaga and the outdoor terrace is nice.
Cons:
#1) The maintenance is not 100% on the apartment. Something obvious that could have been fixed and probably hasn't been addressed for some time was the showerhead. It was not able to stay locked into place and therefore it shot directly into your waistline unless you took it out of the holder and used your hand. A bit inconvenient if you are trying to wash one-handed while holding the showerhead. We notified the property manager and they sent someone the next day to "look at it" and agree it needed to be fixed but parts would be needed, etc. So for our 4-day stay we had to deal with a repair that could have been avoided.
#2) The remote to the aircon unit needed new batteries or needed to be replaced entirely since it was not always working when we tried to turn it on or off, adjust the temperature or the settings. The property manager chose to scold us when the maintenance person came (we were not present when they came) and observed the low setting on the aircon, asking us to be considerate of the aircon and electrical use. They didn't bother to check the remote or ask if we had any problems with the device, thus the setting, during our time away from the apartment.
#3) The clothes washer was problematic. It wouldn't work (power on). There were no instructions in the apartment, and after trying to find out via communication with the property manager (timely in their response but of no positive outcome) we reset all the power breakers on the electrical panel and it seemed to do the trick and get power to the clothes washer.
#4) The Elevator from hell. It is slow and extremely noisy when you arrive at the apartment on the 4th floor. We point this out since the 4th floor has two other apartments and whenever someone arrives on the 4th floor, via the elevator, you can hear the Extremely Loud banging into the apartment at all hours of the night. The hallway, entering the corridor at night from outside, has no light switch. You have to walk all the way in the dark and then, next to the elevator is a light switch.
#5) Our stay was for 4 nights for two adults. Upon arrival, there were two very small economy size rolls of toilet paper. When we contacted the property manager about this shortcoming, we were advised this was to get us through upon initial arrival and there were bodegas nearby to which we could BUY more. Eventually, when maintenance came, they realize our displeasure in this position and provided two more rolls of toilet paper.
#6) Mold build-up on the bathroom fan and the aircon unit was unsettling and always a concern. This is apparent to the eye but totally oblivious to the maintenance crew of this property.
#7) The drapes leading to the terrace were white with significant brown water stains all over them and on the bottom of the same drapes were grey dirt on the bottom which dragged on the floor.
Cons are all inconveniences or annoyances we would have preferred to have not dealt with on vacation.
If the property manager is not the owner of this property, the owner should consider a review with the property manager on how they are "missing the part on managing" their property.
However, the location was good.
Would we go back to this listing?` No.
We have photos to support our comments and upon our entrance, stay, and exit of the unit. We also cleaned up a bit and put all the towels in the clothes washer and on wash before we exited.