Well, I stayed 49 nights at Ricardo's apartment and I would assure you the apartment is the best option if you want to have very good stay in Madrid, see below the list of benefits I had:
1. LOCATION: near everything you can imagine, bakery (las decilias very good spanish coffee breakfast for example). 3x supermarkets, 2x drugstores, lots of restaurantes, tapas bars, near main train station "atocha renfe" ... You can get a train to anywere tourism cities, like TOLEDO, AVILA, SALAMANCA, SEGOVIA.
2. APARTMENT: very best apartment, kitchen are furnitured by new, coffee machine, dishwasher, stove, and lot of kitchen tools, plates etc. the living room are very good with big screen tv set if you are interest. Well they have 1x biggest suite and the shower are able to relax your body after a tourism walking day and other bedroom, 1x bathroom in the corridor, NO NOISE outside, very good sleep. In total are: 1x kitchen, 1x living, 1x bedroom, 1x bathroom, 1x suite, 1x service area with clothing machine and dry machine... Cleaning products are available for your use. Finally the hole apatment was very clean
3. TOURISM AND NIGHTLIFE NEARBY: The region are downtown, so every big food chains are near: starbucks, kfc, burgerking,l are there... Also some touristic sightseeing as RETIRO park, PUERTA DEL SOL, FNAC, EL CORTE INGLES... ( 20 min walking)
Any place you would like to visit are about 20 to 30 min walking or you can get metro at the train station to go anywhere.
I strongly recommend this apartment and quite sure when back to Madrid I Would stay here
Thanks to Ricardo's superhost suggestions as "mano a mano" paella restaurant and "casapatas" flamenco show... He was at least 1x/week sending msg and helping in something I needed.
If you like cats do not forget to visit "LA GATOTECA " its a cats coffee shop near the apartment you pay just 4euros get a drink and stay 30min or more with the cats... Very good.
Thanks a lot,
Rodrigo Pinheli
Brazil-SP