PROS:
It was clean and cleaning team was leaving as we arrived. There are two air conditioning heads, one in the bedroom, one in the main area and that was awesome for the temperatures we had (25-28 July 2019). If you're a good walker, it's easy to walk to Park Guell, Sagrada Familia, Rambla and even the beach (all within 3KM) but a taxi ride to these places is also very cheap. Tendency group was quick to respond.
HOWEVER...
We left with a bitter taste in our mouth. Not sure if I should consider this a scam but the appartment we got ***IS NOT AT ALL** the appartment in the pictures (a.k.a the one we booked based on the pictures). When we got there with one of the team members, we indicated that it was the wrong place but she said it was the right place (and by the looks in her face, she seemed like she knew that we knew). So she called management and we were informed that "it had been fully renovated" and that they "hadn't had the time to change the pictures on the site to reflect the renovations". I'm sorry but I don't buy that at all for many reasons. Perhaps it has been renovated but definitely not in the recent years. A user reported the same issue as us in November 2018 and management's response was the same we got (place got renovated).
I have done enough renovations in my life to tell that this appartment has not seen renovations for a while AND that it's not what we reserved. First off, you rent an appartment and you don't update the pictures for many months? Really? That's a crap excuse. We booked in February 2019 and got in the place on the 25th of July. The other user reported the problem in November 2018... and you don't have time to take new pictures and update your ad? If you renovate the place, wouldn't you want the users to see the renovations rather than old pics? That's complete non-sense.
Also, what leads me to believe it's not the same appartment is the bathroom as they are opposite (picture and what we got)! In the one we got, the shower is to the left, small sink on a cabinet in front and toilet on the right with a bidet next to it. The toilet and bidet are in their own enclosed area with a door insde the bathroom. In the pictures, the toilet and bidet are on the left (not in an enclosed space) and the the sink is self-supporting therefore I figure the shower is on the right. So, it's not the same bathroom! I know how complex plumbing can get in a north-american house because I've done more than enough plumbing and I figure it can get even more complicated in an old building. So why on earth would someone swap-around an entire bathroom's worth of plumbing just for fun? That is complete non-sense as well.
Regarding the kitchen, the one in the pictures seems like a nice big modern kitchen with orange glossy cabinets. The kitchen in the appartment we got was old with white doors but yellow-ish cabinets (you know, white cabinets aged so they have a yellow tint)? Also, the cabinets are skewed therefore one door has its top corner flush with the cabinet corner and the bottom corner exceeds the cabinet by about 1cm (sort of like a parallelogram shape). Also, whoever installed the wooden counter top did a horrible measuring job because the counter is partially above the sink to the point where the counter top had to be partially sanded down in order to gain access to the faucet which was sort of annoying to access due to the lack of space.
There has also been an apparent severe flood at some point in time because the kitchen floor boards have soaked in water for a long time because it is a "floating floor" (no pun intended) and you can clearly see the boards are all bulged-up and has lots of broken corners. The vertical cabinet panel between the fridge and washing machine has black mold at the base and is splitting due to excess water. The flood line is actually visible in the bathroom all around the wall at about 1 cm from the floor in the toilet area and it is clearly visible at the base of the toilet-area door because the door has also been submerged in water for some time.
Yes, we have agreed to keep the place after talking with management just because we were with our kids and we have no idea what owners can do if we're not happy (e.g. kick-us out) and we didn't have any options and it was already paid for.
Anyhow, despite that we feel like we've been somewhat scammed with false advertisement and we paid for something we didn't get, the appartment was still very clean, has A/C, is close to everything and it was the perfect size for a family of four. Still, lying doesn't get you anywhere hence this review.