First the good: location is nice, across the street from the flea market, walking distance to many sites (within 30 minutes). Communication was good. Check in was easy and was permitted early. Layout of apartment is good for some privacy. Patio is nice. Now the not so good. Mostly surprised there were so many surprises. The apartment has a sense of being a bit run down. Master bedroom is an old futon, not what I'd expect in an airbnb unless listed. One of the two air conditioners didn't work. Multiple faucets (kitchen, hall bath) leak when used. Shower drain cover not attached. Wifi works only in kitchen/dining area, not bedrooms and not even on patio. Very noisy with sort of seedy bar on street floor until 2 pm weekdays and until 6 or 7 in the morning on weekends. Broken glass, a million cigarette butts, trash, etc. greet you as you walk out in the morning. Whatever you do, do NOT eat at the bar (as recommended by host). It was the worst meal we had in Madrid by a wide margin (they used canned potatoes and canned asparagus). Even the little things were lacking: no pepper, no oil (both promised in listing), the dryer function of the washer/dryer doesn't work, there was no laundry detergent. Asked to take 2 types of trash out every day and exactly 6 bags total were left for a week. On the dangerous side, the hood over the stove is too big and has sharp metal corners. Every time I went to stir a pot of adjust the temperature I banged my head) - the size of the hood is larger than the size of the cooktop. I write this as the owner of a beach condo in the U.S. that I rent out and I would not allow these sorts of issues to impact my guests when they are on vacation. Final sadness: had to go buy toilet paper three days into the seven day stay, and there were only two of us in the 2 bathroom apartment.