So first off before you read this review, please note that my family spent 15 days staying at 4 different AirBnBs that we researched ahead of this trip. We tend to stay at upscale places that are Superhosted, so I say all this because we are picky and do a lot of research.
Due to travel delays we were forced last minute to find an available AirBnB in Barcelona that supported instabook, had a washing machine, AC and an elevator - as you can imagine, last minute in summer, listings were limited. We chose this place as best option.
So first the pros with all of this in mind:
-Place is huge. Definitely room for a large family in here (4 bedrooms).
-ACs worked REALLY well (once we had their maintenance guy come up and figure out why they wouldn't come on - once he fixed them, they worked great rest of the week)
- Great location - plenty of places to eat and minutes away from Segrada Familia and Casa Mila
- Has some old building charm. The elevator (for example) is a classic! I actually like older buildings that have been taken care of
- For a last minute book the cost was very reasonable and also should be taken into account as you read the areas of improvement. This place is comfortable and should be fine for most families.
The areas that could be improved
- Literally nowhere to put your things... we ended using the extra bedroom bed as a dresser of sorts. So if you need to use all the rooms, be prepared to live out of your suitcase
- Could have been. a little cleaner and better stocked. It did the trick, had most of the basics, but couch could use cleaning or replacing, some of the bedding towels were stained (though most were just fine). Pretty minimally stocked - but there is a market around the corner.
- A bit noisy. We could hear the streets below pretty well until early AM.
- Check-in was not ready at 3pm - we got i around 4:15pm while maid was finishing up, but I know other units were ready earlier so could just be a fluke.
- Listing calls out a dishwasher, there isn't one, I reported it to management so hopefully by the time you read this it will have been adjusted