This one-of-a-kind top-floor apartment is just a short stroll from some of the city’s most restorative green spaces – including Parque del Oeste, with its particular treasures such as the Madrid cable car, Temple of Debod and sensational rose garden. Equally close at hand, you’ll find excellent shopping and efficient transport links to the rest of the city at Plaza de España, Ciudad Universitaria and Moncloa.

We get our first glimpse of the interior through a double entrance hall, which leads us to two spacious reception rooms decked out in vivid hues. Each one enjoys high ceilings and abundant natural light, thanks to no fewer than nine French windows, three of which grant access to the narrow balcony encircling the greater part of the building.

From the living-dining room we move on to the kitchen and glass-fronted office, which would also make an ideal studio or hobby room. Outward-facing, it offers an excellent quality of natural light that will enamour those with artistic ambitions.

Further along the corridor are four bedrooms, three with exterior views and all four featuring lined and fitted wardrobes. There are also two luxuriously sized marble-clad bathrooms, one adjoining the master bedroom.

Fine parquet flooring is laid throughout. All rooms are central heated and some air-conditioned as well; there is even a generous storage area that could be converted to other uses or knocked through to create a larger bedroom.

This is a uniquely charming and beautifully presented property, with the added convenience of a concierge and lift to all floors.

An extraordinary home in the capital sure to inspire some intriguing new stories.