Long version:
The good: host was great at communicating and quick to respond, the place was roomy and close to everything. The bad: ROACHES, lots of them! Upon opening the house for us, the host's father mentioned casually that Valencia had an issue with flying roaches getting into homes when the heat is high. He casually commented that "the other day" one got in, as in this being a random ocurrence. That first day, we found 2 roaches, one dead in our bedroom and one alive in the kitchen. We contacted the house, and she reassured us that there was nothing wrong with the apartment, that this was a commonality in low level apartments in Valencia. As a precaution we closed all windows, put away all food, and inspected the whole house top to bottom. The next day, returning from having breakfast, we found a third roach (dead) inside next to the front door. At this point we didn't know what to think, we gave it the benefit of the doubt and assumed that we might have missed it the previous day. That same day returning from visiting attractions, around 11 pm, we found 6 live roaches in the second floor, one in the bathroom and the rest in the bedrooms. All doors and windows were closed, so we don't know how the house was infested with roaches. At that point we decided to leave the property and cut our stay short. We were forced to go find a hotel after midnight in a city we didn't know. The host have said in numerous messages that this is an endemic issue affecting the whole city, so I cannot blame her for these incidents. However, this is the type of information that should be disclosed in the listing, so potential guests can decide if they want to share their stay with roaches. Even when the host father mentioned as a possibility, it was grossly misrepresented. Had I know ahead of booking I would have never stated in this house. This lack of transparency made me feel robbed, and this incident left a bad memory for me and my family.