The apartment was spotless and had clearly undergone a recent renovation. It is very well located a few blocks from Gran Via and the more intimate streets of Malasana. It is a small space but very comfortable for 2. Every inch is well utilized, so kudos to the designer!
I think that the street noise is a bit loud, but that may be true of everywhere in the city. It's nothing a white noise machine couldn't easily fix. We were unfortunately staying when the neighbor down the hall was renovating so there was lots of construction noise earlier than we would have liked in the morning, but there is nothing Daniel could have done about that!