This is a really great location, malasaña is just far enough away from gran via that there are restaurants things to do that are not completely touristy, and very close to chueca which is an amazing neighborhood.
Great area, decent apartment, the only thing that I really think is going to be a problem for short time guests that the shower is just not good and difficult to navigate. There is a reason that there are no good pictures of the bathroom. It is insanely small and it’s very difficult to use, if I was not a relatively small person I think it would be impossible, and since there’s not so much hot water I think it could be hard if there are multiple guests. Also, the apartment is up 4 flights of stairs, so if you are bit older or have heavy luggage it may not be a great place. I’m young so it didn’t bother me
Overall it was an OK experience, and it’s weird to leave anything but a five star but I think people need to know this before booking.