Alvaros place was very nice and looked exactly like on the pictures. I stayed for three weeks and there where all amenities that I could wish for: a fully equipped kitchen, huge refrigerator, a stove/microwave, a washing machine, coffee maker, salt, olive oil, detergent and even softener. Perfect! The place itself is a bit far from the old town, but i knew that up-front of course. Luckily there is one station of the almost-free bicycles and I took one of them every day to go to my language school in town. It`s a great system and I can really recommend.
One thing only fair to mention is the neighbor at Alvaros place. Apparently it`s an old, sick man who was coughing up phlegm and spitting constantly and very loud; starting every day at around 6 in the morning. I found that really disgusting but was too lazy to do anything about it. I would recommend to use ear plugs. Besides that, I would go to Alvaros place again.