If I could, I would give Jose 10 Stars!
We never met in person, but he was always reachable and always answered to our queries very quickly.
From the beginning he was fantastic, offering us a great deal and an easy way to check in and check out. No frills. Just nice and approachable host, always willing to go the extra mile to help us. I think that sometimes, not even a friend would be so attentive as Jose was.
His flat is great. Very difficult to find 3 bedrooms in Madrid, but we were lucky to find Jose's place.
Location - Location is fantastic. Especially for us, looking for nice places and relaxed places to have a drink and a bite. This flat is perfect. Everything you want around and they welcome children, even though it is 2am and you are sitting there with friends and kids having a drink and a bite. We went a few times to Ojala (Calle de San Andrés, 1), a restaurante literally 1 minute walk from the flat. They don't close in the afternoons as most Spanish restaurants do and they have AMAZING tacos and Sangria. Everyone working there was sweet and they have a "beach" bar, where they have sand and music on the basement. My daughter loved it.
But not only Ojala, Malasana is very good for bars playing indie music and being indie music lovers, staying at Jose's flat was heaven. 200 metres from most of the indie bars like Tupperware and Via Lactea.
Inside the flat was faultless. Heating system and air conditioning in all bedrooms, nice, comfy sofa very quite even though you are close to everything. Nice powerful shower and all basic amenities provided ( including a dispenser for shampoo, conditioner and soap) .
They only thing that might put some people off is the access. We were happy to climb four floors every day, but some people might struggle a bit as there are quite a lot of stairs and no lift. But we knew that and that was not an issue for us.
Overall Jose is a great host, the flat couldn't be better located and the flat itself had all amenities you need to accommodate 6 people with all comfort.
We left Madrid yesterday and today Jose was there refurbishing the kitchen and bathroom so next time I'm sure the flat will look even nicer. Comfy bed and pillows and we slept well every day!
Sorry for breaking two of your glasses Jose. Hope you can replace them easily!
We are so looking forward to be back in Madrid. What a fantastic city. And we will surely stay with Jose again!
Thank you =D