I have been visiting Madrid with my teenage son and I can only fulheartedly recommend staying at Ben´s place! The appartment and the guests´room are very nice, light and calm, the area (Lavapies) is really great (very central, but still not too touristic), and to top all of that, Ben has been a perfect host! Very warm and welcoming, open-minded, interesting artist, ready to help and with nice tips for eating or walking around. It was a sincere pleasure to meet him and his companera Melissa. Thanks so much, both!