This host cannot speak a word of English, does not reply to the messages quickly enough (usually taking 2 or more days) and due to this problem we had a huge miscommunication where we had to wait outside and wonder around for the host to open the doors for almost seven hours. Even though we had precisely informed the host of our arrival time, he was not there to check us in, so we left our luggage in the building and than traveled around the city, where we had a rude message in the middle from the host accusing us of not keeping the time promise (that we had never made) and informing us that we could check in now or 7 hours later which was at 21:30. Because we were not in walking distance from the house, we had to wait until night for the host to come back from work. During all of this communication, he only used spanish and seemed to totally ignore or did not even try to properly translate our English message and in the end we had to use the google translator and send our message in Spanish. Although the room was very spacious and clean, this problem made our stay in Madrid the worst experiences in our travels as our plans to check in and have a rest after taking a night bus from Barcelona had failed and we had to wait for the host for such a long time. (P.S. personally, me and my friend were totally freaked out by the paintings in the corridors and stairs especially during the night as most of them seemed to depict skulls and ghosts)