Pros: Great location, walk to Park Guell, Passeig de Gràcia, Metro
Bathroom reasonably clean; washer & dryer
Cons: Somewhat neglected, not particularly clean; kitchen outdated & neglected and not clean, floor damaged, gloomy interior, poorly designed / decorated , needs a redo.
Check in: This is a bit of a long story, so be warned :)
As stated, you will have to visit the office to get the key, then go to the apartment a few blocks away.
A few days before our arrival, received an email from Sela with lots of details regarding check in. I followed up asking for a phone #, as none was included.
Sela asked when we would be arriving, we said 15:00, she said great, keys would be available 16:00 at the latest, but maybe earlier. She said would she would message us if they were available prior to 16:00. Never got that message.
Went to the building of the office shortly after 16:00, looked around for the actual office, eventually a gentleman who worked in the building asked who we were looking for. He came back with a young man who seemed rather put out that we were bothering him, who went on at length about why weren't we simply using the lockbox for the key; I tried to explain that we were instructed to go to the "office" first, and if no-one was there then to access the lockbox. I cannot over-emphasize how bothered this guy was by the fact that he had to deal with the inconvenience of walking down a short hallway to give us the key. He went on to tell us that Sela was never there at 16:00 - of course we weren't aware of that fact.
So sadly Sela's communications were sloppy and misleading at best. Small stuff, but it all adds up.
Later we received an email from Sela with a couple of recommendations for tapas and dining. If we could have afforded those places, we likely wouldn't have been staying at Sela's in the first place.