This place is such a great value for the money. Actually, it was like having a whole apartment to ourselves (our own bathroom, kitchen to use, living room with couch and dining table and a bedroom with tons of space to store things in the closet and drawers). The only shared area is the hallway that has the door to the hosts bedroom. Maria, the host, was so welcoming and even shared a few snacks and tapas with us over our week stay. Although we hardly ran into her the entire 9 days we were there, when we did it was not awkward at all, she was so friendly and tried to speak English as best she could or she would call her teenage daughter to help us translate. The location of the house is wonderful, not a big street, but lots of cute places to eat on the street, and less than a 5 minute walk to the subway. We recently also rented a room from another host in Madrid, and although that house is more modern, we really missed having the space that we had at Maria's, it is not easy to be stuck in a room if you feel like staying in for a day. For Americans the bathroom and the bed are a bit smaller than what we are used to. We highly recommend this place, it was clean and comfortable.