Our feeling is mixed staying at Maria's house. Trying to be very objective and list the pros and cons here. In general, we still recommend staying at Maria's, though we hope we have known some of the things beforehand.

The pros:

1. Check-in: Maria welcomed us quite late at night around 10-11pm with very short notice once we get in Seville. We appreciate this a lot.

2. Check-out: she was clear up front at reception that the check-out time was 11AM sharp and luggage cannot stay in house after 1PM.

3. The house itself is a very classic house with clear signs of many history. Many decorations are antiques and oil paintings. Facilities are good in general and we did not see any big problems (dripping water pipes some time after shower was a not big issue for us). We got a broken kettle, which was replaced later. The house is really HUGE.

4. Location: the location of the house is PERFECT, it is safe to say you cannot find to many better places in Seville location wise.

the cons:

1. Flexibility: the house rule regarding check-out is really STRICT. We were expect some flexibility (e.g. getting another 20-30 mins for check-out) but we realized it is really not possible.

2. Communication: we got a communication issue with Maria where one member of our trip held a shower head pipe while tripped and slipped in the shower tub. We thought we did not break anything while Maria insisted we should compensate. We were not informed of this when we check-out, and a few hours after check-out, we heard from her and we offered to take a look together and settle the issue. But she did not clearly communicate with our afterwards... We stayed near the house for a few hours and eventually left unanswered. We tried to offer what we can do, but felt bad when our opinions and offers are ignored.

3. House: as this is a great classic mansion, it comes with a small downside, the house is really HUGE and it may be too large for some people. We have 6 people staying in, but we still felt even with 6 people, you get a sense of too vast space, especially at night. You may feel a bit lonely or slightly scared at night with very spacious corridors and stairs.