Overall everything was fine, especially considering the low price for the San Sebastian standard. We were overwhelmed by Ana's kindness, although she does not speak English we came along quite well.
That being said a few things that could/should have been more clearly communicated or were a bit unpleasent to us (many of those things have been mentioned by other reviewers):
- The door can not be locked from outside which was not a very pleasent experience for us, especially considering there are other guests
- The window jalousie could not be moved
- The shower temperature is a bit infurriating as it is either freezing cold or too hot
- The beds do not fit together at all, which is advertised differently in my opinion. Was not too big of a deal for us, but still
- There was really little space,
- We think out of fairness, it should be mentioned that it is a smoking household, which was an unpleasent experience for us two as non-smokers. And by smoking household I mean smoking inside the house
- The walk to the beach with 10-15 minutes in the downwards direction is accurate, not the other way around (quite a steep hill). 10 minutes to the city center is just incorrect (only by bus)
- There are other guests and it is a shared bathroom
- Sadly, we were never introduced to the private garden
- Although we do like dogs, some guests might dislike dogs. The owner partially has a dog in her house.
- Although it indeed is a very quiet neighborhood, sadly there is construction works there which starts at about 7AM. So no sleeping until midday ;)
To sum up, it is a valuable budget option. I think it is even nicer if you speak Spanish or French as Ana seems like a really socialising and nice person. However, in retrospective, I would have expected a more clear communication in some regards.