We stayed in Melvin’s apartment for three nights, looking for a central location with functioning air conditioning and well equipped kitchen. It started with that we met someone that we believe was not the Melvin that we have been talking to or at least not the person on the photo which felt a bit strange. The floor that we lived on had three apartments like ours and the walls were very thin so it felt a bit like living in a college dorm, especially with the very thin and insecure door. We were a bit scared that someone would try to come in, as two times someone tried to pull the door handle. This made us scared to leave our luggage in the apartment during the day and felt the need to lock our bags and hide our belongings.
Continuing, the days we were in Madrid were hot, but the air conditioning wasn’t working properly, as we had it on 16 degrees cold, but the hot air that came out wasn’t moving in the apartment. It was more efficient to have the balcony windows open.
The kitchen wasn’t fully equipped as a few things were missing, for example a dish brush. If you are a bit sensitive - there was a smell coming out of the sink, which led us to buying water instead of using the tap.
+ location
+ clean
+ comfortable beds
- insecure door
- malfunctioning air conditioning