NOT RECOMMENDABLE!!
My friend and I spent some days at Raul’s place. We have had a terrible experience and our hosts were not very friendly and helpful. On our arrival we realized that we were almost only European people in the neighbourhood. All people were from South America and we could see the groups of men gathering on the corners of the street and the parks. We were not feeling very secure walking down these streets as two young “white” girls. We asked Raul if the neighbourhood was safe because we were getting looked at all the time and it made us feel uncomfortable and he said yes. The weather in Madrid was pretty cold these days and our room was very cold too. Also in the middle of taking the shower all the hot water was gone and I had to wash out the rests of shower products quickly with cold water because it was way too cold to finish showering. After the cold shower my friend and I had to sleep in a cold room underneath a very thin blanket. I was sleeping in the warmest clothes I had. There was a heating device in the room which we tried to turn on but without success and it was too late to contact our host. The next morning, I woke up at 6am very sick and asked Raul to come and heat up the room when he is free and also asked him what was wrong with the water since he hadn't warned us before. Raul was very impolite and said that it is not cold in Madrid and that the room wasn't cold at all. We were both very shocked by such reaction. We decided to stay in the apartment that day so I could get some rest. I decided to take a nap after taking some medicine but I ended up being waken up by the police patrols. They were everywhere in the whole neighbourhood. We have been hearing the police sirens every day after that. Later on we found out that it was one of the poorest and unsafest neighbourhoods in Madrid with many latino bandas, prostitutes and criminal cases. Since Raul had great reviews, we hadn't checked any background information before. On the third day of our stay, I got woken up at 7am by the microwave in the kitchen. It wasn't turned off after using (could happen to anyone) but since I hadn't gotten enough rest once again, my illness got even worse. I texted Raul to ask him if he knows what hospital I can go to. He wasn't answering so I called the closest hospital. It was after 9am and I made the phone call in the kitchen so I don't wake up anyone. But a male sleeping in the room next door (we haven’t seen him before) got woken up and came to the kitchen yelling at me and saying very offensive things about me being disrespectful for waking him up and he told me that we should search for another apartment if we have such high demands (warm water and warm room??). We decided to stay at the apartment for the last night since we had spent couple of hours at the hospital and had no time to find a new place to stay. We were so happy once we left Madrid. Raul wasn't even there to say goodbye. We are very disappointed.