José is a fantastic host, who came to meet, greet and let us into the apartment quite late in the evening. He showed us the apartment, walked us through a map of the city and suggested places to go and how long to expect spending there, and he helped us orient ourselves in the city based on where we were. He also had an abundance of tourist information for us. Communication was very good the whole time - he would respond on Airbnb chat and on Whatsapp (which is commonly used in Spain), even late at night. He was helpful and brought items that we missed within a few hours.

The location of the apartment is fantastic, right by one of the major markets of the city, so you can get groceries right down the street. It's walking distance to the center of the city, and walking distance to well-connected and functioning public transport.

The apartment itself has a distinct charm, which we rather like. It is however an old apartment, which means old bathroom facilities (slow shower with slow heat regulation based on "on-the-go" gas heating), low set kitchen counters and old and hard beds. The bed was neither comfortable or uncomfortable - more of the latter though. The bed sheets are different from what we are used to (there were just sheets with a duvet on top - not duvet-covers), which was strange at first, but a non-issue.
Unfortunately, either it had been a long time since someone had stayed there (and a long time since the apartment was cleaned), or the cleaner is doing an unsatisfactory job, because the floor was not particularly clean, with the kitchen floor being the worst. This was a huge issue for us as we were travelling with our infant daughter, who hasn't learned to walk yet. The kitchen was the worst- the floor was dirty and dusty, the countertop was dusty and with crumbs, the closet doors and handles had dried food stains on them, and the stovetop knobs were marinated with grease. The kitchen was not very well equipped either, which was a huge issue, as we cook all meals for our daughter, but I doubt it would be an issue for most users. This was all very surprising, as we had read from the reviews that people had been very satisfied with how clean the place was.

I informed José about this, and he assured me that he would speak to the people responsible for cleaning.

Despite our obvious discontent with certain aspects of the apartment, we are still happy with our stay in Valencia. The location can hardly be beat, and as a host, José is friendly and helpful. I can't help but recommend others to stay here.