We never met Jorge, but did communicate with him by messages through the AirBnB app. He had a woman there to meet us, and despite the language barrier between us, she communicated to us everything we needed to know.

The apartment is just as shown in the photographs. It is very clean. We appreciated the coffee maker (it's similar to a Bialetti Moka pot). The Murphy bed was easy to make up, and the mattress was unusually comfortable, very solid for a fold out bed.

The location is excellent. It's just a couple of minutes from the Lavapies Metro stop, and a comfortable walk to Puerta del Sol. The Museo Reina Sofia is pretty close, and the Prado is a bit further. We walked to Atocha Reinfe when we were leaving to catch a train to Barcelona.

The one downside to this apartment is the street noise. The apartment is directly above a bar. The bar patrons aren't rowdy, but they are out on the street, and there's a fair bit of conversation that you can hear as you are trying to sleep. The noise goes on until 4 or 5 in the morning. This didn't bother one of us, but it did bother the other, even with earplugs. But this is Madrid, and late night revelry is part of the deal, so I'm not sure we wouldn't have run into the same issue elsewhere.

All in all, it's a good place to stay, but just be aware of the noise. That's the only reason we gave this less than 5 stars.