ElXokas Buys Madrid Duplex for €2.2M, Lacks Upstairs Bathrooms

€2.2 million for a duplex with three bathrooms downstairs and none upstairs

An 80-square-meter living room with an integrated kitchen, an upper floor used for gaming, and three cramped bathrooms on the ground level. For this configuration, the owner paid approximately €2 million. Located in Madrid within the M-30 ring road, the property has become a case study on what that money buys—and doesn't buy—in the capital.

It is neither a bargain nor a scam: it is a custom renovation designed for a single person. And that is where the problem begins. Because a house designed for one body sells later at the price of what it is not.

How much did it cost and how many square meters does it really have?

The protagonist, one of Spain's most trinc streamers, placed the expenditure around €2 million. Other versions raise the bill to €2.2 million. The range matters less than the second figure: surface area. The cadastre attributes 176 square meters to the home, while he cites 220 and, at another time, 260. This is no minor detail for someone who boasts about price per square meter.

Using the most generous figure (260 m²) and the highest price (€2.2M), the result approaches €8,500 per square meter. For context: in La Sarracena, one of the most expensive neighborhoods, homes sell for €1,000 or €2,000 less per square meter. The buyer defends it as "a steal" due to its location inside the M-30 and claims he could already resell it for €3 million.

Three bathrooms on the ground floor and none upstairs

According to those who reviewed the area, the building is an office block from the 1980s converted into residences, with a facade renovated a couple of years ago. It carries limitations that budget cannot fix: low ceilings, three bathrooms on the lower floor, and none on the upper floor, where a second kitchen was also installed. The guest room lacks a window.

There is more. A single air conditioning unit in a corner to cool 80 meters of living space, located on a rooftop in Madrid. A gym with rubber flooring that the owner admits he will use only once every two weeks. And broadcasting equipment just meters from the front door, with neighbors on the other side of the wall.

The kitchen integrated into the living room sparks debate. Some defend it as a trend; others see it as what it always was: a solution for apartments lacking space or light. With 80 meters of living room, neither excuse applies.

Why is the layout so controversial?

The unadorned antiestéticar expressed by many who move out alone but end up sharing homes: the guest room disappears, the gaming zone shrinks, and the living room becomes foreign territory. With one caveat here: the living room is already occupied by the streaming desk, so there are few places left to retreat.

Others interpret it differently. A home with work equipment visible and only one available bedroom signals to newcomers that they are surplus, meaning the design functions as a filter. This is the most charitable reading of an apartment that, technically, expels anyone who moves in.

Can you resell a custom-built home?

Here, the case suspiciously resembles another. Michael Jordan built a mansion fully personalized, including logos. When he tried to sell it, he had to slash the price: nobody wanted it. A renovation with split AC units, tile floors, and whimsical layouts reduces the pool of buyers to those who like exactly that.

The owner maintains the opposite: the area will appreciate due to undisclosed projects, and today, he says, he would sell it for €3 million. Possible. One just needs to find someone who loves unventilated bathrooms and a kitchen in the living room.

Why launch a food delivery business?

Because the contradiction here is textbook. He admits ordering delivery and spending €1,000 a month on orders, adding that he should stop for health reasons. Immediately after, he launches a meal delivery business and promotes it. In essence: he drags others into what he claims wants to abandon.

The subject himself dodged questions about sharing the home. He also responded dismissively to suggestions as domestic as making the bed.

With these elements, the case summary is almost accounting-like. 176 m² in the cadastre. €2.2 million spent. Three bathrooms where no one sleeps and none where people live. And a question without a technical answer: if the market sets the price, who pays for what only one person likes?