There’s good and bad about this place. The good is the location. It’s close to everything and is super walkable. The building and plaza are beautiful. There’s restaurants and bars literally outside your window and opening up the balcony doors and letting in the air and sounds is amazing. The place was also neat looking inside (despite some issues) and Sergio, Pablo’s brother, was super nice and responsive.
The bad is that the place was not prepared to host people. It clearly wasn’t cleaned before we arrived, but worse, it wasn’t cleaned after the last guests. There was a moldy towel in the washing machine and moldy water in the coffee maker. This made everything stink terribly, even after those things were cleaned. The whole place also smelled like cigarette smoke, likely because of the old furniture. It’s clear a smoker lived there. And small things were broken, like the toilet seat, which slid sideways when you sat down (not enjoyable). Most of these are simple fixes and are the bare minimum that should be done for an Airbnb. I sent Pablo more detailed issues on what went wrong and what needs improving, but I think it’s fair to let people know the state of the place and the issues we had to some extent.
My partner and I decided on 3 stars given the pleasant host experience and the amazing location and unique building, but the other issues made this one of the more unpleasant Airbnb experiences, despite all the good things. Hopefully, Pablo will attend to these issues and your future stay here will be better than ours.