Positive aspects:
1. Location is excellent, the apartment is a 15/20 minute walk from the railway station and 10-15 minute walk to most major attractions. The area itself is authentic and has excellent tapas bars you can reach in a couple of minutes.
2. Macarena's husband met us for check in. He provided some very good recommendations for tapas bars and attractions we didn't know about.
Negative aspects:
1. To our great disappointment there was a problem with the pool during our stay meaning it could not be used. Macarena notified us of this two days before arriving. While she offered us an alternative apartment it a) did not have a pool and b) was not in such a good location. As this was our major reason for choosing this apartment, particularly as there were several others in the same area for a lower price without pools, we requested a discount. We were initially refused as we were told the apartment costs the same in the winter months when the pool is not open, but eventually received a 22 euro discount (yet to be received).
2. Cleanliness was a big problem. A few days in, we used the kitchen equipment and crockery for the first time, and found that most of it was dirty. We also found ants in our bed and in the bathroom. We contacted Macarena about this and were told we should have raised the issue about the cleanliness of kitchen items at the start of our stay (we hadn't used them at that point and didn't feel it necessary to check). We were also told that someone would come to spray the ants. No one came and we struggled to sleep because of them. On the final two days we also found small cockroaches in the apartment.
Overall, we would say the apartment is only worth paying for if the pool is available for use.