The studio is small, very dark but well-quipped, quiet and clean, although the mattress has definetely seen better days and the bed frame sags. But the flat is ideally located to visit Madrid. The Plaza Mayor is only a 10-minute walk away and the Prado is an easy walking distance. Lots of shops, restaurants and takeways round the corner and the area is very lively and picturesque. Tom communicates through Whatsapp but we never met him. Surprisingly, we checked in through a locker hanging from a railing in the street that releases the latch keys (What Tom calls auto-check-in). I must say we would have preferred the more traditional human welcome as that seems to be a perversion of tourism. Still, it was nice to come back to a quiet self-catering haven of peace everynight.