In the quiet, residential heart of Almagro, this apartment occupies the top floor of a well-proportioned early 20th-century building. The property retains the original layout and period details—high ceilings, solid wood doors and terrazzo floors—offering a blank canvas for a thoughtful renovation. The space unfolds from a central hallway into a sequence of connected rooms. The living area, bathed in natural light from two orientations, leads directly onto a south-facing terrace. The kitchen, currently closed off, could be opened to create a more fluid connection with the rest of the home. Two bedrooms, each with its own bathroom, are positioned at opposite ends of the apartment, allowing for privacy and separation. The main suite includes a small dressing area and access to the terrace, while the second bathroom is finished in original hydraulic tiles, a detail that could be preserved or reinterpreted in the redesign. The presence of a lift ensures accessibility without compromising the building’s character.
Almagro
Almagro is the quiet pocket tucked between Chamberí and the Castellana — a handful of blocks where old-money Spanish families, diplomats, and private-office founders have lived for generations. Streets like Calle Fortuny, Calle Zurbano, and Calle Almagro itself are lined with late-19th-century palacetes originally built as single-family residences, mostly subdivided into one or two full-floor apartments per building, with a few still in the hands of the founding families. The density of embassies and consulates per block is the highest in Madrid outside the formal diplomatic strip on Castellana. The housing stock is unusually homogeneous for central Madrid — stone-and-brick façades, 3–4m ceilings, original wrought-iron balustrades — and apartments run large, 180–400 m² being typical.