Terrible experience.
The person who received us instead of the host did not speak English.
The apartment was dusty. I had to spend 45 minutes cleaning the apartment with a broom and dust pan as there was no vacuum cleaner.
The pedestal fan grills were dirty and had cobwebs that I had to clean. My daughters are allergic to dust and were unwell for a couple of days.
There was no hot water for 24 hours and suddenly started flowing when I logged a complaint about the apartment with Airbnb.
Despite booking the apartment for 3 people, there was only one cup for hot drinks. The other one was chipped and unfit for use. The crockery was mix and match, chipped as well. The plates were greasy and I had to wash as soon as I got there.
Toilet flush ( button) was very loosely connected to the cistern. We had to be very careful while using it.
The bathroom was worse than what I had experienced in my backpacking days during late 1980s.
I will rate this apartment 1/10.
1 is for the location which quite central.
Based on experience, one would assume that Airbnb is quite desperate to have a footprint in Valencia in terms associating with this type of property. The host did offer me an alternate property but that came with a caveat that it is on 11th floor and will be more dusty. She also said she will get the cleaner back to clean the apartment but that was after I had cleaned it and reported it to Airbnb.
I appreciate that some may think that I have been harsh with my words but I am being truthful and would not like anyone else to go through what I had to in the first day of my trip to Valencia.
It’s not rocket science but just a basic investment on IKEA plates ( 0.75 Euros) and some clean cups. Perhaps retiling the bathroom and getting a professional cleaner will do the trick.