Clara answered very fast. She gave us the contact number of her sister Patricia. We’ve reached Patricia by using WhatsApp. We arrived by train from Malaga and it was a 20 minute walk from the train station to the apartment. Patricia was waiting exactly on time in the apartment.
The apartment is very well located, on the first floor of a historical building. The apartment is very bright (lot of windows), has a nice marble floor (pretty cold in the winter) (and airconditioning in the summer) and heating in the winter. There is also a (shared with other apartments) roof terrace with nice views.
There are a few things we would like to share / advise:
1. The “double” bed in the main bedroom is sagging and cracking and is not very comfortable and (too) small for 2 people. Besides that the single “bed” in the other small bedroom is ok, but if you use the second “bed”, which is located under the single “bed”, there will be no space left to enter or leave the small bedroom or to store your luggage. So: the apartment is suitable for max. 3 people.
2. The shower head was broken and didn’t stick. So you’ve had to hold it in your hand: not very comfortable. But her husband fixed (glued) it the same evening. Thanks again Patricia, well done.
3. The apartment is not fully equipped. The basic items, as in every AirBnB, are missing, like: shampoo, shower gel, salt, pepper, oil, coffee, tea, toilet paper, garbage bags, sponge, washing tablets and a small waste bin in the bathroom. And: the cap of the coffee pot was full of mold (!). We’ve asked for / noticed this, but Patricia didn’t answer at all. Her husband brought us shampoo and shower gel after a while. We know that there is a supermarket around the corner, but it is normal (considering the price) to have the basic items in the house, so you do not have to send your guests directly to the store with a huge shopping list. After all, we are on vacation.
4. Both the front door (downstairs) and the front door of the apartment are jammed. So you have to squeeze yourself through the narrow opening. There are no fire / smoke detectors. This is not comfortable and even unsafe.
5. The biggest problem is the noise at night. The advertisement says "the street is very quiet", but that information is incorrect. There is a lot of traffic (10 cars / trucks per minute) and people walking by (singing & screaming) from restaurants and bars towards home until 3 a.m. We used to live in the Red Light District in Amsterdam, so we are (very) used to noises by night. But in this apartment you’ll have to wear ear plugs if you would like to (try to) sleep, especially on Friday, Saturday and Sunday evenings, even when the windows, balcony doors and wooden shutters are closed. We realize that not everything can be solved (because it’s an old house), but this is a serious problem! We’ve made some videos the show you how big the problem is. Installing double glazing, as is now present in the kitchen, would be a good investment, Clara, especially for the summer season, when your guests would like to keep the windows / doors open at night for some fresh air, instead of airconditioning.
The positive thing is: due to sickness (and not sleeping the whole night) we’ve asked Patricia for a late check-out. She offered us to stay in the apartment until 2 p.m. at no extra costs. We are very happy with that. Thanks for understanding!
We have left 2 umbrellas in the apartment, so that you can have them in the apartment as standard in case of rain... ;-)
We hope you do appreciate our feedback. By the way: for our first time we really loved Seville!