So it was a bit of a mixed review. First the great parts of the apartment. The location is amazing, close walking to the parque del retiro, museums, and metro. The finish line was a few hundred feet from where the Rock and Roll Marathon ends which is why we selected this location. There were a lot of amazing restaurants in the area. The bathroom had a great shower, which was fantastic. Luis was very communicative, especially before our arrival. Check in was very easy since there was someone at the front desk 24 hours a day.
Now some of the drawbacks to the place…
The apartment is about 15 meters from where they have the dumpsters and recycle bins. So every other night or so the dump trucks would empty the garbage from the bins between 2am-4am. If you are a heavy sleeper it shouldn’t bother you, unfortunately my wife and I aren’t heavy sleepers. The other issue was probably a benefit for others, just not us. That is the fact that pets are ok. Although we have a dog at home we weren’t traveling with the dog, so we didn’t need a place that allowed pets. However, my daughter was sleeping on the pull out couch, the first night we went to put a sheet on the couch and noticed there was some type of animal hairs on the sheet. I think maybe someone had let their dog/cat sleep on the sheet and maybe put it back in the cabinet without informing Luis and the maid thought it was clean. There weren’t any extra sheets under the bed storage (I informed Luis about it so I’m sure it won’t happen again). So we just didn’t use a sheet the whole time we were there. For some people pet hair in the place is probably a necessary evil for traveling with pets. But since we generally don’t travel with our pet, we’ll probably find another location with no pets allowed. But over all it was a really good stay in Madrid and was close to being a 5 star review.