Look no further and book this place asap! The host (Belen), the home, and the location get 10/10 stars! The location makes the price hard to beat!
1) Host:
Belen is extremely warm and friendly. She is quick with response time and great with English. When I checked in, she immediately showed me how to use the appliances, offered breakfast for the duration of my stay, and kindly answered questions about things to do in Madrid and day trips I could take. She also offered guidebooks in the guest room on Madrid and Spain to help guests with research.
2) Home:
The apartment is clean, modern, comfortable, and charming. The apartment is in a very safe neighborhood and it's generally quiet. You get a closet, a full length mirror, and a lock on the door in your room. There's no AC, but the weather is cool enough that open windows was more than enough.
The only "con" is that the apartment is on the fourth (top) floor, but I enjoyed the quick climb, so it was no issue for me. Belen said that there will be an elevator installed by the end of the year.
3) Location:
The location is perfect. I didn't spend money on taxis or metro, because the apartment is so central that I just walked everywhere.
- It's 5-10 minutes walking distance from streets of restaurants and night life, where you can watch flamenco. 1 minute from Cooking Point, where you can take a cooking class, and minutes away from top restaurants from Trip Advisor.
- It's 15 minutes walking distance to Atocha (a major bus station), where you can take the high speed train to Valencia and Seville. There's also a shuttle bus that takes you directly from the Barajas airport to Atocha and vice versa for 5 euros.
- It's 1 minute from Anton Martin (a metro stop), which can take you to Chamartin (another bus station), where you can take another high speed train to Segovia.
Book this place. You won't regret it.