We stayed at this flat for three months, from September to the end of November 2014. We are a family of four (two adults and two children under four). This is a great crash-pad for groups of up to 6/7 people. The flat is located in a residential and non-touristy neighbourhood; the immediate area is not charming but it is quiet despite it having plenty of cafés, restaurants and supermarkets within a short radius. Availability of public transport is very good: bus 45, within 2 minutes’ walk from the front door, will take you straight to the Thyssen, Prado and Reina Sofía museums. There are plenty of other buses nearby which will get you pretty much anywhere in Madrid. You also have three tube stations within a 10 min walk, including the large interchange at Nuevos Ministerios from where you can reach the airport and make day trips to El Escorial, Alcalá de Henares, etc. The flat is great if you are travelling with older children (4/5+) but may be less convenient for a younger clientele (unless you have your own gear: high chair, cutlery, bath, cot or whatever else you consider essential). We are very grateful to the owners for lending us a cot (which worked for us but the mattress was too small needing plenty of rolled towels to fit to the cot; it would not be safe for a smaller baby who could easily get caught between mattress and mesh sides) and a bath seat (for babies who can sit upright). The flat has a great open-plan layout. The living room is large and airy. Bedrooms are compact. Some good mattresses, some rather Spartan (draw your lots!). The kitchen is reasonably equipped; there is plenty of crockery but few pots (none that would hold pasta for five, for example). There is no kettle but there is a microwave and a coffee machine. The flat is very warm in winter and can be a little too hot in summer (it’s Madrid!), despite it getting no direct sunlight. There is air conditioning, which works cumulatively, but is not of the powerful noisy variety. The internet connection is excellent. Only one tap can work at a time if someone is using the hot water (the other person will immediately freeze if any other taps are open). This does not matter unless you are hoping for people to take a shower/brush their teeth/wash up simultaneously. If you are planning a longer stay, ask the owners to arrange cleaning for you as the flat does not have a vacuum cleaner or appropriate cleaning implements (decent broom or clean mop, for example; we had to buy quite a few items to keep the place clean). Communication with the owners in the lead up to our stay was good. Once we were in the flat, they were extremely responsive with some issues and somewhat morose with others. The old, grimey microwave which was there when we arrived died shortly and we were given a...