Antonio's cosy apartment is situated in an ideal central location of one of Madrid's best & hippest downtown neighborhoods. Close to everything, and steps from Gran Vía and more!
That being said I must be honest in addressing some deficiencies in the flat (most of which Antonio was aware of and did his best to resolve during my stay)... Biggest bummer, no heating, the apartment has radiators throughout but NOT one works! There is a floor heater that will heat the one space you want to heat but no further... Meaning you can heat only one space at a time. One would think "just get more heaters"... But unfortunately the apartments electrical won't handle the load and kept so the ONE heater was constantly tripping the circuit breaker if you had anything else on including the small one person water heater (hardly enough hot water for a one person stay before it runs cold). **Antonio did try to resolve this with a larger breaker, but problem still occurred if you tried running more than the one heater**
I'll admit that my December stay was during a very frigid period, and that most of the year those things wouldn't matter (ie. Summer in Madrid)... But Madrid is a very cold city in the winter, most buildings are old and lack good insulation, so this compounds the few problems I encountered... I have to say I'm a pretty handy and hardy individual (I'm a general construction contractor back in my real life) so things like a little cold or having to reset a breaker are no big deal to me, but I know a lot of folks who would find these experiences vacation ruining.
I don't like leaving bad reviews, I don't hardly EVER with Airbnb, but I must be honest and think about those who will follow as well.
Lastly of minor importance, cleanliness of apartment could be improved, and a guide for checking in and checking out along with wifi passwords would also be VERY handy!