We spend 9 nights with 4 adults and one baby in Sara's apartment which is located very conveniently near Plaza de Espana. Close to metro, bus, tapas bars and little stores.
Unfortunately we were not amused with the apartment. The apartment didn’t look like the pictures at all and is not as described.
It is a disorganized, messy, dusty, filthy, badly maintained apartment with a dirty odor.
No drainage worked properly, in the master Bedroom we had to take out a huge hairball from the drain to be able to have the water running away again.
The beds are hard. Beds, sheets and pillows had a very bad odor.
In the second bathroom the shower head was broken and bathtub very dirty.
The sofa in the living room was sticky, sagging and had a very strong fishy smell. There was no place to sit comfortable because the lazy chair was sagging as well.
All the rugs were not clean, almost too dirty to touch.
Although there is a laundry machine but no place to dry. The 2 laundry racks in front and back of the house were taken by Sara's laundry which was hanging there during our entire stay. In the meantime covered by pigeon’s droppings.
The kitchen was a total disorder with broken cooker, drain, stove, pots and pans and dirty fridge. As the apartment is rented out for 7 people; plates, cutlery and glasses were very limited and hodgepodge.
2 Bedrooms out of 3 looked out on the elevator shaft with a little air and light.
Even though we were with the family and trust each other, no bath and/or bed room had a lock/key. We decided to stay and survived by making the best of it. All those issues couldn't have been solved during our stay anyway. That would have been too stressful for us with a little baby.