A comfortable place managed by a friendly host (and a lovely dog) in an excellent location. A good choice for solo travellers. Highly recommended.
[Note: My stay happened during COVID time, and it's purely my personal experience.]
Ioio greeted me with some chilled water, which was much needed on a hot day (35-38oC).
She recommended me some places to visit. During my stay, there were some special arrangements locally (and nationally) and some museums have free entry until the end of September. Ioio made sure I knew that.
The room has a fan that helped combat the Spanish hot weather. Love the desk in particular, as I used my laptop a lot. There is a decent-sized wardrobe and I used the foldable laundry rack in the room for my daily washing. The room is on the street level, but the windows are locked and there are metal bars to protect it. Very comfortable bed. It's a lively area and it goes quiet before mid-night.
A 24-hour, 2-floor Carrefour supermarket is only 3-min away. You can get some groceries and last-minute food souvenirs sorted there. Very useful.
The kitchen is well-equipped. Feel free to use the oil, jam, etc. You have lots of fridge space and you can cook easily there. You can use the boxes for storing your leftover too.
Ioio has a dog, Chica. I was expecting that anyway as stated in the description.
I didn't have much experience with dogs before staying at Ioio's. After I arrived, Ioio took her time to explain Chica's behaviours. The 'translation' made me feel very comfortable, and
I ended up playing with Chica in the evenings a lot. Chica is more energised by the presence of Ioio, so she's very quiet when it's only me in the apartment.
Ioio and I communicated using some simple English, body language and Google translate. It worked well for us, and we chatted a lot in the evenings.
Just a friendly note for travellers with big suitcases:
1) There are a good few steps (~10) at the main door of the building. It's great that Ioio helped carry my big heavy suitcase up together.
2) From Ioio's place, you need 2 interchanges on the metro to get to the Madrid airport (Line 3 - Line 10 - Line 8). I didn't figure out the step-free access to get to Line 10. Be prepared to carry the suitcase for 2 flights of stairs from the street level, and make sure you keep the receipt of the metro airport add-on ticket for staff inspection.
I have no hesitation to recommend this place to solo travellers who just want some quiet time with a good host and a beautiful fluffy. It's a place that I'd book again when I come to Madrid again.