We recently took a family vacation to France and Spain and used AirB&B throughout the trip. After hitting a couple of home runs with our Paris and Marseille rentals, we came back to earth with this rental in Barcelona. I would describe this apartment as not so much a ‘home’ but more of a utilitarian crash pad for a large group. For example, while many home rentals have a ‘pay it forward’ ethos in which there is a stock of non-perishable items left behind by prior renters, at this place be prepared to buy elemental supplies such as paper towels, laundry soap, spices, sugar, olive oil, etc. Obviously, we have no right to expect such things from a rental, but it’s a difference you notice after staying at places that at least have some of the basic everyday needs. The apartment’s greatest strength is probably location – a great neighborhood with good shopping and dining (excellent places for bread and coffee right across the street) and just two blocks from Gaudi’s Casa Batllo and the Passeig de Gracia Metro stop. I also give the apartment credit for being very clean, and its capacity is quite large – with five double-bedded bedrooms plus two couches, it could comfortably sleep 12 people. My biggest knock against this apartment and the primary basis for my rating is simply maintenance. Among other things, we dealt with broken fixtures in the main bathroom that included a sink hot water faucet that either couldn’t maintain pressure or blasted you with scalding water. We discovered the hard way that running the washing machine, dryer, and microwave oven at the same time results in a blown fuse. The first kitchen cabinet next to the sink is actually an open shell with splintered wood and no bottom. The top rack of the dishwasher is missing parts necessary to prevent it from falling out of the machine, so we just washed our dirty dishes by hand. Bottom line: For warehousing a lot of people in a good Barcelona location, and if you can put up with a low-grade state of disrepair, this is a good apartment.