Jose's place was fine for the four nights I was there. Looking back, I wish I would have done more research on where to stay and thus would have picked something much closer to the city center. But public transportation is a 5 minute walk and there is a taxi station across the street from the house. Getting from the house to the central area will take about 30-45 minutes depending on if you do train or bus. A taxi to the airport was around $25 but the train was only $2.50, just takes a while. Jose was a great host and for anyone one a budget and not concerned with being in the middle of Madrid, this is a nice option. Everything was clean and as expected from the pictures!