My partner and I stayed at Jo's apartment for 3 nights at the end of August 2017. The apartment is located in the Ruzafa neighbourhood, you really feel amongst the locals here, there are some fabulous restaurants and bars to discover (all of which come alive into the evening and beyond).
During the day Ruzafa is very sleepy, but we were there during the local vacation season so I guess this is to be expected. However, very easy to wander into the old town of Valencia from the apartment on foot, here this is a lot more life, shopping, art, food and drink etc. We also got the metro to the beach on a few occasions for a couple of hours, easy to do. The apartment has wifi which was great, two bikes which we were able to take out and cycle the old sunken riverbed for it's entire length which was fantastic. The kitchen area is small, but accessible & fine for what most people would need for a few days, there's a very good supermarket called Consum 5 minutes walk away, really well stocked and so reasonable. There's a little courtyard at the back of the apartment which was a real bonus to be able to sit and have breakfast in and an evening nightcap as it was so hot.
Overall we had a fantastic stay and would return to Valencia and the apartment in the future.