Great place to stay while in Madrid and Barbara is an awesome host....she responded to all my messages in usually less than 20min, I could even check in earlier and she was very accommodating when I complained about the noise. There is construction going on right now in the building and it was from time to time a bit noisy. however it only bothered me because i had to work and was in the apartment during daytime, so I guess it wouldn't bother tourists anyway as there are out during the day. Barbara was very accommodating when I told her and she even offered to give me the refund if I want to leave...but I stayed, becauseI liked it ;)