We loved staying at Orlando's apartment. We asked a few questions prior to renting this apartment and Orlando was quick to answer all clear and concise. It was a concern to end up climbing stairs, specially steep stairs in old buildings, which is not necessarily always clearly spelled out unless you reviews one by one. In this case, the apartment is on a third floor with an elevator right next to it. Not a problem!
The apartment is well located very close to the metro and a 24hr supermarket as well as others nearby, plenty of places for tapas and restaurants and fruit and veggies stands. The street is lively, don't get scare, nothing to worry about. We have stayed in Lavapies at different locations and contrary to other locations where you have little hills to go up and down to the apartments, this one is on a flat street, important if you have a health issue.
The apartment inside is nice, very clean, has everything you need to cook a meal if you want and more. The living room faces the street with a small balcony for people watching and the bedroom is located all the way at the back of the apartment which is great for a good nice quiet sleep, no noise from "the marcha" in Madrid. We were also surprised that we had no noise from other apartments or bumped into anybody in hallways or elevator.
As always, we buy de 10 tickets card which I share with my husband, use Metro Line 5 (yellow) to go and connect everywhere, walk to the great market, to Puerta del Sol and to train station Puerta de Atocha to go to other cities. To get to the airport with luggage we reserve a taxi ahead of time for 30 euros, otherwise use the airport bus to Atocha for 5 euros or airport train to the city.
Thank you very much Orlando for a great stay. We will be back soon.