The apartment is in a great location and the hosts are friendly and responsive.
Sadly our time at this apartment was spoiled by the terrible smell coming from the bathroom (which is right next to the bed) and the extremely thin walls.
Regarding the smell, I understand sometimes in Spain there are issues with sewage, however I lived in Ruzafa before the pandemic in various apartments and never smelled anything this bad. It is truly awful and the first thing we noticed when we arrived. As we were only there for 3 nights we just accepted it, however looking through the reviews we can see it is an issue that has not been rectified over a period of time.
With regards to the walls, on our second night, the people staying in the room next door had a party until after 04:00. We complained to ValenciaGUEST who messaged them to be quiet, but as nothing changed were told to knock on the door (we had) or call the police (unfortunately we felt our Spanish is not good enough for this). The next day, these neighbours left bags of rubbish and spilled drinks in the communal hallway which were not cleaned up. Thankfully though, they did not disturb our final night.
Had these two issues not occurred, the only things we would mention would be the bed (both sides slant into the middle and is very uncomfortable) and the placement of the bed right next to the toilet.
We feel that we paid far too much (£268.97) for the experience we had with this apartment, hence the ‘bad’ rating, and we would not stay again.