We had a brilliant stay at Alessandro's place! We came to Barcelona for Primavera Sound festival, and were lucky to find this apartment in the wonderful area of Gracia at an unbelievably reasonable price. The apartment is very spacious, clean and well located. I've been to Barcelona several times and have never stayed in Gracia, but I'd make this the place to return to in the future, with lots of great bars and places to eat. El Glop is a must (located 5 mins away on foot) if you want good paella, and they even cater to vegans.
The apartment is pretty basic but it's functional and has everything you need for a good stay, particularly if you're not planning to spend a lot of time there.
Communication was great and check-in with Alina was really easy.
I'd have given 5 stars - the only downfall is that we were only given one set of keys because the previous guests had lost a set. We were told they couldn't be replaced because one of the keys had to be specially recut. This was pretty inconvenient with 5 people wanting to return from a music festival at different times, which meant we had to keep waking each other up to get in. Perhaps having a few spare sets to avoid this in the future would be a good idea.
Otherwise we had a brilliant time, thanks so much for hosting us!