We had a very mixed experience staying at David’s apartment.
Some good things:
•	There was an ample quantity of pots and pans
•	There’s enough space for four people (we were only two)
•	The washing machine works perfectly
•	Amara is a less touristic neighborhood (if that appeals)
•	The ladies at Ogi Berri (local bakery chain) downstairs are very friendly
•	High floor with balcony with decent views
•	David has a helpful list of restaurants with suggestions about which pintxos to order at each.
Some minor issues:
•	Kitchen utensils were lacking. We purchased a multi-purpose knife because there was only a bread knife (paring knife was broken).
•	One of two large burners on stove isn’t functional
•	The oven is the most complicated we have ever seen. David didn’t know how it worked either. We managed to find a manual online to explain how to use the clock/timer to turn it on.
•	The dishwasher didn’t function that well (usually 1-2 items per load wouldn’t get clean) and smelled bad.
•	To get hot water out of the kitchen sink, you have to turn the tap on full blast, the consequence of which is that the dish washer will often wind up quite wet.
A couple of more significant issues:
•	Literally every piece of furniture is wildly uncomfortable. We are utterly perplexed by the other reviews that describe everything as comfortable. The mattresses are 3.5 inches thick and they feel like it. The sofas are so uncomfortable we sat on pillows. The chairs at the table are only plastic, but were amazingly the least uncomfortable of any of the indoor furniture. We wound up double stacking the mattresses to sleep better.
•	In the bathroom, there was significant mold growth in the shower.
•	When we raised issues to David (how to turn the oven on, that the Nespresso machine didn’t work, that the hot water was being finnicky, when we asked for a fan), his first response was always defensive (i.e., “it works”). After four such occasions (the last of which was him not responding to two requests for a fan before it was going to be 37/99 degrees), we gave up surfacing issues to him. He did eventually procure a fan for us, but only after the heat wave had passed. We found that he wasn’t that easy a person to deal with. I speak perfectly good Spanish, so it wasn’t a language issue.