This airbnb had a lot of good and bad. I think I'm the first guest here so I'll tell you about my experience.
First off - I cut my trip short due to the worsening COVID situation in the world. The trip was going to be 2.5 months but I ended up staying there for only 3 weeks. However, due to my experience next time I come I will be staying elsewhere.
Move in:
The building:
First thing I noticed was the door to the apartment building doesn't fasten when you go in or out. To shut it all the way you have to pull the door into the latch. There's an elevator that can be used to get up to the room, so that's nice. Be careful on the stairs! They can be slippery and I slipped down them once.
The apartment:
There's a nice heater situated near the ceiling that you can use if it's cold. There should be a remote control that can be used to set the settings. The couch in the apartment is not the couch that is pictured, but it was still comfortable. Also has a pull out bed!
The apartment was not clean and not fully ready when I moved in. The floors were very dirty. Several lightbulbs were broken: one of the lightbulbs in the kitchen, the room right after the door to enter, and the heating lamp in the shower, and the apartment was missing lightbulbs for a few small lamps. Hopefully for the next guests the cleaning fee will be used to clean the floors and fix the broken lightbulbs.
When I asked the host to send lightbulbs or a mechanic to fix the broken ones, first he offered that I should fix them. Granted, if I were leasing the apartment I would have but considering how we pay a premium for an apartment through airbnb, how I was going to be charged a cleaning service fee, and how the apartment wasn't ready on move in I asked that he send somebody to fix it. He said he would, however the person never came.
Other things to mention:
- The apartment is incredibly well located. You're right on the edge of Gracia and very close to metro lines too. There's a WeWork just outside of the apartment as well as the main Passeig de Gracia street just one block away
- There are many beds in the apartment, so if you want to have guests there is room for guests. The apartment isn't very big but there was a full bed, a single, a single hidden under the single bed, and a couch bed.
- The water in the shower stays hot for a minute at most. In the summer this won't be too bad, but if you're there in the winter be prepared to take a very quick shower.
- There were no sheets or blankets for the extra bed. However, the host sent some after I asked. Some airbnb hosts are very speedy with things but this host takes a little bit of time if your schedules don't line up.
At the end of my stay I got locked out. Unfortunately, the host had gotten COVID so when I called him for help with getting back in he told me I needed to figure it out myself. In the future if you need a locksmith, I highly recommend SD Cerrajeros. For 90 Euros they'll let you into your apartment. They are quick and professional.
All in all, for ~€1500 a month the service was sub-par. If you're going to be paying ~€50 a night, it may be better to find a hotel.