The owners are super hosts! They may have been a little bit bored with us because we didn’t need them more. But when we did, they were super responsive. They live only a few blocks away from the property. They left us some great and very much appreciated welcome gifts. That was a nice touch.
Speaking of the property, it’s in a great location. It is centrally located to about everything. Madrid is an incredibly walkable city. We saw everything we wanted and only rented a car when we wanted to go away for the weekend. So parking wasn’t an issue for us. One thing about a great location, it also means that the front bedroom is on a very noisy street with a 24 hour cab stand right outside. Since there’s a cafe right outside the window, it’s noisy when the cafe is busy and it’s busy a lot. So we used the front bedroom only for storage and getting dressed. It’s was nice to sit at the cafe for a drink or coffee though.
We stayed at the property for a month. For others that are extended stay people like we are, it’s important to know there is no dryer. So after washing clothes, you’ll have to hang them until they dry. We hung our clothes in the front bedroom.
We didn’t use the kitchen facilities. Why would we? There are like 100 great restaurants within a 5 block radius. But anything a person that likes to cook would need was there.
I used the bedroom with 3 bunk beds as my office. It’s pretty quiet back there. The WiFi works great in the apartment. The other back bedroom is pretty small and there’s not much room for a suitcase. We had 2 guests for 4 nights during the trip. They used the room with just one bunk bed as a dressing room.
There are two great bathrooms. Well supplied and with hot water. There’s a fireplace in the living room, but we couldn’t figure out a way to turn it on. It may be decorative, but since the weather was great, we didn’t really try hard to turn it on.
I know the property has a lot of beds. But there were only two of us for the majority of the trip. Given the size of the rooms and with one being pretty noisy for more than a weekend I think six or eight people is about the maximum I’d suggest stay there.
Let me finish by saying, we had a great time and wouldn’t hesitate to go back there again. Thanks to Cesar for all of your help.