So on my trip to Europe I stayed at two Airbnb’s before staying at this apartment in Barcelona and 2 apartments after this Barcelona apartment. I have to say this apartment left a sour taste in my mouth. I rely on other people’s reviews to make a choice on where to stay and I should have followed my instincts because I did notice a pattern but in the reviews but ignores my instincts. Let me start off with saying location is nice because u have a bakery across the street and some restaurants nearby. The bus stop is fairly close as well. Here are my issues. I understand that when you stay in an older apartment the owner will typically try to keep with with the antique style but that doesn’t mean you can’t update certain things to make for a more comfortable stay for your guests. For example one of the bedrooms faces the Main Street that has a restaurant. The windows/doors are so old that they first of don’t insulate well second for us non smokers there is a restaurant downstairs and those people sit outside directly below the apartment the cigarette/marijuana smell penetrates the bedroom and it becomes unbearable, mind you this is with all doors and windows being closed. Also you will hear everything that is going on outside so if you are expecting a good nights sleep after walking around all day you will not get it here. If you decide to open the windows/doors to air out the different outdoor odors the paint peels off the doors and makes a mess on the floor. Again if the apartment was updated and better insulated many of these issues would be improved. Second the bathroom: the shower has no shower door or shower curtain only a half wall. It also has a moldy shower head that sprays water all over the place. So logically if a dirty and disgusting shower head sprays all over and there is no door or curtain to keep the water in what happens? Well water goes all over the floor. Then you have to deal with drying the floor or you and your guests will face plant in the bathroom. We used most of our towels to dry the floor. Thankfully we were only here 3 nights and believe me it was not easy. Lastly the washer well what can I say other than don’t use it. It doesn’t spin properly so u are left with soaking wet clothes that u now have to try to figure out how to dry or it will smell, the soap doesn’t incorporate well and you are left with soap patches all over that you are left with having to wash your clothes by hand. This is my issue if you do this for a living (renting apartments) it’s not only about profit you need to invest in your apartment in order for guests to be comfortable and in order to be competitive with other places. Do guests need to tell hosts about these issues? Absolutely not you do walk throughs and you notice what needs fixing and you fix them. It wasn’t cheap staying here so I feel like I should have had a better experience.