If you want to avoid the city center, Rafael's home is a perfect location.
Very well connecting with publc transportation, very close to the train station (Estacion Maria Zambrado) and the bus station (Estacion de autobuses de Malaga) it's a place to be.
My room was very calm and the bed very comfortable.
The main point is that the appartment is perfectly clean: the kitchen, the bathroom and the bedroom as well.
I recommand that place.