This rental deserves its one star. A great location, near restaurants, stores, bars and clubs. In fact you don’t have to go far to enjoy Madrid’s nightlife. Down the steep one flight of stairs to the street level, in the same building, is a karaoke Club. You don’t even have to know the hours since you can feel the vibrations in the rental.
The bathroom was small, with about a 2 ft diameter space for the shower. And plenty of hot water. In fact, the water mixing valve was locked (broken) at full hot, when the water was on. We notified the host and they said they would come over but they never did. But the host immediately sent over soap when we notified them there was no soap, shampoo or gel as mentioned in the description.
WI FI worked just fine.
Kitchen was equipped but two spoons were really not enough.
Bedroom size was just fine for the double bed. The thin mattress had a flimsy sheet and duvet only. We asked for a mattress pad to soften the feel of the mattress springs, but the host said that was all they provided.
No problem with the blue-green steel chairs in the dining room. No way they could be damaged. Although a little hard to sit on, we wished there were some sort of cushion.
We didn’t sit on the couch after looking closely at it.
Inside the rental it is easy on the eyes and not as overly bright as shown in the enhanced photos.
We booked for 5 nights, but moved out after the second night and asked for a refund of the remaining nights due to the rental being ‘Not as Described’, but the host refused.
Airbnb has been attentive to the situation trying to work with us both to reach some agreement but the host isn’t budging and refused to refund the rental for the unused nights..
Dangerous hot water in the shower
Tiny area for shower
Uncomfortable mattress with no pad
No gel shampoo or soap
Rental is noisy at night
Rental is dim during day
This unit is ‘Not as Described’.