Unfortunately, we weren't able to meet Miguel in person as he was on holiday when we arrived in Madrid. But he was very responsive to emails and his cleaning lady was there to greet us. The pictures of the apartment are accurate. There are 2 A/C units - one in the living room and one in the main front bedroom. The place was clean and we had everything we needed.

The location is really good but it's pretty noisy. The apartment is right on Chueca Plaza. The Chueca metro stop is right outside the front door which is really convenient. This area has lots of tapas bars, vinotechs, and shops. I'm really glad we chose this area over La Latina. To get to Plaza del Sol, you walk right through the main shopping streets. For us, it was easy walking distance to everything and we only took the metro when we wanted to go to the train station or at the end of the day, when we were tired of walking. Chueca Plaza is really popular with the young Madrilenos and there is partying all night long on the weekends and pretty late (~1 a.m.) on the weekdays. For the front bedroom, we were able to close the windows and turn on the A/C to keep the noise level down and this worked really well. For the back bedroom, we had to leave the windows open to get some air flow and our nephew didn't sleep well - lots of noise coming from the small courtyard and other apartments. The tapas bars in the area are great and there's a big supermarket about 1/2 block away. Overall, great area to be in! Just be prepared for some noise if you use the back bedroom.

There were a couple times during our week-long stay that we had questions for Miguel and he was always very responsive. He ordered us a taxi to the airport which was much appreciated.

Overall, this was a great base for us in Spain!