Summary... Fantastic host, good location, great apartment!
The apartment has everything I needed - good bed, great wifi, full kitchen with stove top and microwave, washing machine, heaps of storage, balcony with direct sunlight.
The location is great, close to supermarkets, shops, restaurants, trains, buses, beach, everything!! BUT this also means that the street can be noisy at times, with restaurants just 5 metres away which get busy at 11pm at night, plus kids, skateboarders, dogs, smokers and loud talkers, all just 3 metres from your balcony door! Inner city living I suppose - cannot be in the middle of everything AND away from it at the same time!!
The aircon is auto switched off from 10:50pm to 8:50am each day, leaving the room quite hot at night. I asked Host Javier for a fan and next day he provided a brand new one which made a great difference.
Javier was also fantastic with checkin when my plane was delayed, and was on time and efficient at check out. Also great communication.