Timely and professional communication from Yaiza and Goyo
Listing is accurate about location, stair climbing, multicultural neighborhood, restaurants closeby, market etc
Liked the King and Queen basins in bathroom
Apartment does not do justice to the pictures in the listing, it looks much bigger and nicer in the pics. The apartment is located in an older building and the interiors could do with some maintenance.
First room has a double bed and a large closet which has broom and other cleaning products, but no fan or mirror.
Second room has double bed and a single bed, and a fan. But no closet or mirror.
Mirror only available in the bathroom.
No dishwasher
Our experience:
Listing describes that we can drop luggage if we are arriving earlier than the check-in time, but we were told that it will not be possible as the maid will be cleaning the apartment. We had to store the luggage at a different location and pick it up before going to the apartment.
We reached at Apartment at 2 pm (official check-in time) but it was still not ready, the cleaning lady was still cleaning till 3.30 pm. We also had to request for essentials which should have already been present, which the cleaning lady had to get from outside. After the lady left, we noted the apartment was not as clean as we would expect.
Single bathroom meant a queue system in the morning for getting ready
We were 4 people and the hot water was only enough for 2 showers, the remaining two mostly had to shower in cold water or wait for 45-60 mins for the water to heat up. This should not be a problem during hotter months.
The kitchen had all the essentials and lot of leftover items were also kept (from previous guests, I assume) in one side of the drawers
Location is ok, but on our next visit to Madrid, we would prefer to stay somewhere around Sol or Opera as most of the city's hustle and bustle and hip crowd is around in those areas and not around the Lavapies area.
It was an OK experience for us compared to the other Airbnbs we have been to, but we thank the hosts for having us and wish them good luck.