I stayed for about two weeks at Jose's apartment. It had everything I need for my stay. Jose went out of his way to assure that all was well. He met me the day I arrived. The place was beautiful, clean with a view from its 11th story location that was beautiful, especially at nights with the city lights and the four towers lit up. He helped me with my luggage both upon entering and when I left he helped me with my luggage to the taxi. It was about 45-50 minutes from the center with a bus that dropped you off right in the center and a metro stop about 7-8 minutes walking to get to. Crossing the very near bridge over the freeway to the other side (5minutes) I found wonderful seafood restaurants, terraces for tapas and a drink, banks, grocery stores all nearby. The people in the neighborhood were almost all residents and friendly, so no tourist vibe. Really a memorable experience seeing a part of Madrid I was not familiar with. Jose Manuel was the ideal host. I would definitely stay there again.