The apt itself is fine, if not a bit sterile, much like a hotel. We had multiple other more serious issues, including 1) no consistent hot water in showers, hidden charges, and an extremely challenging to deal with apartment manager. (see details below)
First, we had a very difficult time dealing with Jaume, who runs the corporation that manages this apartment (do not rent this thinking you are renting from a person, its managed by a company.) So be prepared to be treated like you are at a big hotel chain, but without the loyalty program status! Juame let the deadline pass beyond when we could cancel our reservation without answering our questions we had emailed him about a crib etc.. He also preferred email to the airbnb app and our communication via email is now untraceable by Airbnb.
Next he informed us the day before we got on our flight that we would have to pay an additional "hotel tax" equivalent to half a night's stay. This "tax" was NEVER mentioned in the listing. Then when we arrived after an overnight flight with a two year old, he refused to leave until we paid it. When we argued that we had not been aware of this tax (again, it was not in the listing), he said, "why don't you trust me, how about we start with that?"
When we went to shower after our very long flight, we soon discovered that water in the shower only reached room temperature. We complained to Juame who came twice while we were not there and both times reported that there was no problem. Finally, we changed our plans so that we could be there when Jaume was there. Once there, he put his hand in the shower, and insisted that "it feels hot to him." He continued to insist that it was hot, despite agreeing (on our next to last day there) to bring in a technician to look at the fixtures. The technician had to leave to purchase spare parts and was unable to install them until after we left.
Juame continued to insist the water was hot. As the guest who had just paid Airbnb Plus rates and a hotel tax, here is my husband and I documented:
1. the showers got no more than 10 seconds of actual hot water at a time
2. the rest of the time the water was luck warm
3. there was never enough hot water for two adults to shower (never mind four)
4. there was never enough hot water for our baby to take a warm bath
5. only the sinks got hot water for more than 10 seconds
6. if I were staying for work, and not on vacation, I would have had to move to a different place since I could not wash my hair comfortably
7. Juame brought in a professional to look at the shower, and the professional agreed it needed new parts, but then never came back and Juame continued to deny the lack of hot water
8. I felt like I was his enemy throughout the conversation. At no point did he apologize, acknowledge, or try to help - just deny, deny, deny.
Nice apt, but highly stressful interactions with the company that manages the place.