TL;DR - Amazing location, everything else is pretty lacklustre for the money you’re paying.
Incredible location. You won’t believe how close you are to everything - couldn’t have been better.
The apartment itself is nice enough, but considering the price, I’d personally have expected a lot more.
Blocked sink in the bathroom which was pretty gross to live with for a few days - it drained extremely slowly and I’m sure readers can imagine what that’s like with brushing your teeth, shaving, washing your hands…
No plug for the bath, so you couldn’t enjoy one if you wanted. Despite a cleaning crew being there for quite some time upon our check-in (outlined in the description, so we did expect that), the cleanliness of the apartment could’ve been better. Floors were left I cleaned and this was even admitted by one of the cleaners to us, stating “I’ve been here all day, I’m not doing the floors”. I appreciate so much the work that they do, but come on…
Beds were uncomfortable. Also, pretty disgusted to see old bloodstains on one of the bed’s sheets. They’d been cleaned, but it was clear they needed replacing.
While this is out of the host’s control: beware the disgruntled neighbours downstairs. I appreciate the state of affairs with Airbnb properties in central Barcelona and the commotion of tourists in residential neighbourhoods… but I did not expect to be aggressively shouted at, confronted, and physically threatened by neighbours for laughing in the hallway for all of 2 minutes. A genuinely frightening experience.
Despite being pestered (yes, I’d consider it so) for a specific arrival time days prior, there was nobody to be seen when we arrived on time for check-in.
I had to contact the host after waiting ~20 minutes. A representative did swiftly arrive after that, and was very pleasant, however.