AP361 CARABEO 78

The apartment was lovely in a good location with good pool with the outside terrace and indoor patio area and furnishings and tv cooking and utensils for a pleasant stay

Firstly this could be a great apartment in a superb location. We loved having the pool just outside making it so wasy for pool days with the kids. The pool wasn’t perfect though as tiles coming off which could be a problem not to catch yourself on. The other issue was the pool turned my wife’s hair green (luckily rectified after looking online for cures). With beaches so close though we spent more time there. The apartment was in nice condition, maybe not as good as the pictures suggest. But definitely no problem with the amenities. There were two standout issues though. There was a reoccurring bad smell in the apartment that we think was related the air con but would come and go so would disappear at the point we were just thinking of raising with management. The worst was the noise in the early hours. The apartment is next to the gate to the street for the complex so that slams violently on its self closer. Also there were constant loud bangs from the apartment above that would disturb our sleep every morning and certainly didn’t allow for peaceful rest. We are looking to go back to Nerja as the location is great, and we would have loved it if this apartment delivered on the potential, but unfortunately there is no way we could ever book there again.

Whilst this property is in an excellent location that is pretty much where the plus points stop. Having stayed at numerous properties in Nerja over the years we were able to form an accurate comparison and as far as the price goes this place is simply not worth the money. There are major issues with decor, in particular damp in both bedrooms causing the plaster to be flaking and coming off in chunks. There was a constant smell which I presume was related to the dsmp as seemingly the leak/damp issue was coming from the bathroom. Mattresses did not smell 'fresh', there was a smell of urine in the second bedroom. Air con is 'rationed' by a gadget which cuts it off after an hour. We stayed during a heatwave and did not manage a full nights sleep during our whole stay as we had to keep getting up to put the aircon back on. Other issues invluded no hairdryer as advertised (this issue was resolved by the letting agent) broken window blinds, washing machine not turned on at the water tap so not ready to use. We felt that because of the good location, there has been little more effort made to offer a comfortable stay worthy of the price. We've stayed in much nicer places in the area and would not stay here again.