I arrived at the apartment, forgot to dial Jorge and Rafa (whom you’re not sharing the apartment with, as they live next door), when somebody leaves the flat and said that he does not know who Jorge or Rafa are, nor what I was talking about.
Long story short, Rafa comes and shows me around when I noticed that I was going to stay in the apartment with 8 other people. It’s not an Airbnb! But a hostel, and I wished that was clear from the advert. I don’t go to hostels because I don’t like sharing dirty bathrooms with too many strangers.
It was too late. Oh, cleaning standards were rather low; won’t go into details. And 2 bathrooms only.
Unfortunately I had a bad cold and whilst in the room my cough would increase and couldn’t work out why until I moved a picture from the wall that was covering a big stain of damp - due to the fact the room confines with the shower.
Mattresses are VERY soft.
However, the best part was finding a dead cockroach in one of the kitchen drawers, and couple of alive and little ones on the kitchen counter. When Rafa was told about it, came straight away and removed the body of the dead one.
Unfortunately its antennas and shit remained in the drawer. That tells you a lot about the cleaning procedure.
Only positive thing was the position and thankfully the guests there at the same time as us where quite considerate.