My boyfriend and I stayed at Tom and Jack’s apartment in Malasaña for a few nights in June and had an excellent stay. The apartment is very well located, with tons of great restaurants, cafes, bars and shops in the immediate area. Malasaña is a happening neighborhood with an interesting history and young energy. We walked to all of the main attractions in Madrid (about 30 minutes walking to the Prado, for example).
One thing I have to mention is that the apartment is very loud at night- even for us and we live in NYC on a loud intersection. You can hear people’s voices (even at normal volume) from the street. The apartment is on the second floor (but up three small flights of stairs) and the small streets create a bit of an echo. But we also kept the bedroom door open at night because the AC unit is in the living room and Madrid gets very hot in the summer. I’m mainly mentioning the noise in case future guests are traveling with kids or are light sleepers.
Aside from the noise, everything was wonderful. The living room is large and filled with sunlight during the day. We didn’t use the kitchen at all so I can’t speak to the appliances but everything was clean.
Would recommend!