What a good find! Valentin and his neighbour, Marivi, who welcomed us, were both super friendly and helpful in answering questions and helping us settle in. We were also welcomed with a bottle of Spanish wine and olives courtesy of Valentin. Very nice touch, and appreciated after a day of travel. The location was amazing, right across the street from the main shopping area, 15min walk to the Cathedral/historic center of Seville. You have access to the rooftop, which provides just as good a view of the city as the walkway on the Parasol structure. The apartment was just the right size for 2 of us for a few days, very clean and well set up and comfortable. The kitchen was stocked with basic equipment for us to be able to make some easy meals, though some salt and/or sugar stocked would have been a nice extra.
The only low point was that they were doing work on the building one of the days we were there, and using power tools right outside our door at 8:30am, which we weren't prepared for. And since the walls of the place are a bit thin, it sounded as if they were hammering right into the apartment. It did get us up and out of the house to enjoy a full day in Seville, so I suppose everything works out, and Valentin was very quick to respond and look into the situation for us, and offered to find us an alternative accommodation should the work have continued past that day (in fact, they were done by the time we got back at siesta time)
All in all, we very much enjoyed Seville and our stay at Valentin's great apartment!
Gracias, Valentin!