The apartment is ideally located next to the old town in the Chueca district, Madrid's gay neighborhood with many cafes, boutique shops and supermarkets. The nightlife is very intense and thus noisy. However, the good quality apartment's isolation partly offset this, as the apartment has been renovated very recently. Windows don't need to be open during summer nights as the apartment has a performant and exceptionally silent air conditioning system.
Situated on the first floor, the apartment has two very tiny typical Spanish balconies where you can only stand and watch down the street. Tips: you cannot aerate the bed outside and you need to empty regularly the water from a bottle if you use the air conditioning.
The bed is very confortable, and just big enough for a couple. The sofa is convertible. The rest of the IKEA furniture is functional: tables and chairs are foldable to optimize space. I didn't use the large screen TV. I believe that you can watch Netflix if you already have an account and otherwise you can watch Spanish TV channels. Wifi works perfectly.
The kitchen has a very convenient small dishwasher, an electrical oven, a micro-oven, a 3 glass-ceramic stoves, a fridge and a freezer. It contains many pans, pots and dishes as well as some cutlery.
The small bathroom has a brand new shower with a fantastic rain shower head, a typical Mediterranean bidet and a very convenient washing machine.
Iván is an incredibly good host. He answers immediately even late. As he lives in the apartment next door, he can be available extremely soon. Fluent in English, he showed flexibility for the check-in and check-out times.
Therefore, I give to this apartment my highest recommendation. I would definitely book it again, should I have the chance of going back to Madrid.