First and foremost, the place could not be in a better location. You can literally get to any of the tourist sites by foot and the neighborhood is nice and quiet and feels safe at all times of the day. The room is great for two people and if you plan accordingly it’s no trouble having to share the bathroom with the other two rooms. This place certainly gets a 5/5 in this aspect.
However, I do have to point something out that truly bothered me. I usually accept human “mistakes”as they happen to all of us and I let them go unnoticed, but not when you have to wait three hours to get a response from the host to ensure that you will be able to access the place by the check-in time. I tried contacting the host through the app and whats-app a day before my arrival to arrange accordingly. I had mentioned to the host I would arrive by 11AM and would appreciate it if I could drop off my luggage until it was time to check in. Unfortunately, I arrived an hour early (10AM) and finally was able to get a hold of him. I was told to grab some breakfast and come back an hour later or an hour and a half later, which I did. So far so good, it was my fault for arriving too early. I eventually went back and again, I sent a message through Airbnb, and WhatsApp at 11:40AM and no response. I also tried calling and no luck. Eventually I gave up and just decided to wait in hopes of getting a response before check in time. Mind you, I was EXHAUSTED! I was jet lagged, had just walked about 30minutes through puerta sol with suitcases and went back for nothing since I was still stuck with my luggage outside of the place (on the street) with people looking at me and my partner in an unpleasant way. After all, it was 2:40PM I was ready to cancel and go to a hotel because I thought the host had forgotten about me, but I decided to text him through iMessage to ensure that I would be able to check in at 3PM and thank the lord I got a response! After a little over three hours of waiting, Aaron responded and allowed us to go in. I pointed out that I had tried to reach him and how long I had waited and didn’t receive an apology. I don’t want to seem overdramatic by any means, I’m usually easy to satisfy as I’m a very “uncomplicated” person, but the lack of communication here was real. If I had been told that it was mandatory to wait until 3PM to access the place I would have just waited in the airport. Overall, you can’t beat the price and I would give the place another chance.