The location of this apartment is great! It is within walking distance to lots of wonderful places to eat, drink and basically all the sights of Madrid. We did not meet the host Desiree, and instead were greeted by her friend that let us into the apartment. The size of the apartment is perfect for a couple or if willing to sleep on the sofa bed two individuals. As specified it is accompanied by everything that is needed for a decent stay in Madrid.
We had a few down sides to our experience. The washing machine’s front door was missing when we arrived and the framing to the door of the bathroom was falling off/ cracking around it on both sides when we arrived. The falling off bit of the wood framing to the bathroom also had mould on it, our assumption for this is due to the lack of ventilation in the apartment. We also observed parts of the kitchen wall to be dirty with marks and some of the cooking utensils were not clean with food still on them.
In terms of noise from the surrounding apartments the walls are paper thin. There seemed to be a family of at least 5 people with lots of kids that stayed up way past midnight and we could hear everything they were doing. We could hear them coughing, turning off switches and all their conversations. A good set of ear plugs is recommended if you want to stay here.
The mattress to the bed was a little thin and wasn’t the comfiest due to the sinking in feeling and worn out feel it had. There was no cover on the duvet also.
We were able to communicate these issues with Deseriee and some of the issues were resolved really easily. We really appreciated this! Throughout the stay Desiree was very easy to communicate with and replied very quickly!!