Really enjoyed the balcony, it’s beautiful on a sunny day. I was also impressed at how quiet it was, given that you’re just a couple of minutes from bustling Gran Via. The area really is fantastic, you’re close to some great bars and restaurants.
As you can probably tell from the pictures, the kitchen is very small and not really suitable for making meals - but perfectly fine if you just want to prepare a quick bite to eat. The apartment is small; fine for a couple, but I would say that it is too small for four people. There were a few things I found a little disappointing - a couple of days before we were due to leave the apartment, I asked whether we could leave our bags anywhere before our flight, but I got no response. In addition, there were some minor issues - there was an iron but no ironing board, and no bread, milk etc on arrival as mentioned in the apartment description. There was no hand wash on arrival, and the scrubber by the sink had been used. As there is no dishwasher in the apartment, it would have been nice to have been provided with a fresh scrubber or dishcloth at least. Also there was food in the freezer from previous guests. Again, would have been nice if this had been cleared away before we arrived. There are lots of drawers but not a huge amount of wardrobe space (so you can’t hang dresses, for example). I would also really recommend that the host creates a handbook with all of the useful information in one place (where to take the bins for example) as I felt we had to figure a lot of this out for ourselves. Overall, I really enjoyed my stay - but with a few minor touches, it could have been even better.