The good bits:
- great neighbourhood/location - you can walk most places from here
- Spacious apartment; large bright living room
- Large kitchen; good cookware
- Bedroom at the back, so no street noise (but you still get noise from neighbours)
- AC works well
- Double-glazed windows help cut down on noise
- Guests: do the Airbnb "Coffee Tour" with Rocío which starts near here
Not so good bits:
- the shower drain blocked on first use; fixed within hours (thank you)
- Small towels, very small bathmat
- no kitchen dish drainer; no dish towels (ie a towel in cotton/linen that actually absorbs liquid)
- ‘Made in China’ gel & shampoo
- 50/50 polyester/cotton sheets; no fitted bottom sheet;
- Noisy & unnecessarily thick plastic mattress protector
- the combination of mattress protector, poly/cotton sheets, loose bottom sheet and warm weather lead to uncomfortable sleep
- Several lightbulbs missing; foot bar on kitchen bench is loose
- No salt/pepper/oil in kitchen; no kitchen paper - these should be basics and usually are
- Slightly different furniture from shown in photos; different rug in living room; no chair in bedroom; different table/desk in bedroom; missing occasional table in living room
- Couples won’t like that the bed is against the wall, only one bedside table/lamp
- Kitchen flooring is a fail - shows every spec of dirt, every stain (pale grey flooring throughout, not very attractive)
- Building door is heavy metal & glass and slams loudly; other noise - variable depending on occupants of nearby apartments, but sometimes noisy at night
Suggestions:
- provide info/instructions about where to put out rubbish & recycling - it’s not self-evident
- Do the check-in at the apartment; making tired travellers pick up keys from another location and fumble w/ codes etc is not ideal; also there are no numbers (or any other indicators) to mark either floors or the apartment, so some people can get confused (“1st floor”, “2nd floor” is not the same in every country!) - this is another reason to do check-in in person.
- Bedside rug needed - floor is cold first thing in the morning. You can get a nice one for only €20 euros at El Corte Ingles!
- It leaves a poor impression when you use low quality products (sheets, soap, towels, etc) when you are trying to present an up-market property