The apartment is in a very central location and yet the lane is quiet. We have two small children and there was no problem whatsoever with the noise levels. It is clean and has everything you would ever need to make your stay pleasant.
Now, the most important aspect of our experience. The host, José Manuel, is by far the best host we have ever had. He always promptly responded to every text message. We arrived late in Malaga. José met us at 23:30 at the end of the street where the apartment was located to greet us and lead us to it. How many hosts do that? Especially at this hour!
Before coming I asked him if he could get us some wine on his way as the shops were already closed. He got us two bottles of wine to choose from and did not even want any money back! How many hosts do that? We reimbursed him when leaving as it would be unfair not to.
We asked him about restaurants. José provided us with 13 different ones and described most of them using his own experience.
When we were about to leave José explained how to get to the airport cheaply using a train. He then organised a taxi for us. And then cancelled it after we decided to extend our stay as it was so good! José allowed us to stay one day at his place (at an extra cost). He had other guests coming so then he himself suggested that he could help us find alternative accomodation for the coming days. And so he did. How many hosts do that?
Once we were already somewhere else we chanced it and asked José if he could help us organise car rental. Even though we were no longer his guests he spent cosiderable amount of time on organising everything for us. The car was waiting at 9 am in front of our new apartment. José rang the company several times on our behalf to make sure everything was as expected (we needed two extra car seats for the children and the company had them for us for free).
José was absolutely brilliant. We can't recommend him and his apartment enough.