Alquilamos el apartamento de Anna María una familia de 6 adultos y dos niñas con motivo de la celebración de un 40 cumpleaños. Nuestra experiencia en 7 balcones fue bastante diferente a otras pasadas en otras propiedades de Airb&b.

El apartamento lo encontramos tal como se anuncia, en perfecto estado y limpio.

La propietaria, Anna María, se preocupa de que su apartamento se encuentre en buenas condiciones a tal punto que demuestra que no confía en absoluto en sus huéspedes. Durante nuestra estancia recibimos númerosos mensajes de texto de Anna María para asegurarse de que estábamos cuidando de su apartamento.

A continuación, dejo la opinión en inglés (No hay espacio suficiente para escribir la opinión en ambos idiomas):

(ENGLISH VERSION)

We were a family group of 6 adults (two grandparents and 4 professionals) and two small children meeting in Barcelona to celebrate a 40th birthday. Our experience at seven balconies was a little bit different to the many other Airbnb stays that we have done.

The apartment was exactly as stated on the listing and very clean with everything provided.

The host, Anna Maria, obviously cares greatly for her apartment but doesn't seem to trust anybody, who stays in it. We received numerous texts during the weekend to make sure that we were looking after the apartment. I had put up some party flags (tied gently to the water pipes using a stool which was covered with a shopping bag) which Anna Maria said was fine when she saw them but then later texted as was worried that it would be damaging to her apartment.

I booked the apartment and needed to fly at 4am Monday morning to get back to work in London. Anna Maria was not happy that I wouldn't be there at the 11 am check-out and insisted I should remain there for the check-out. This was not an option as the flights were already booked. The alternative seemed to be that she wanted the entire party should check-out at 4 am which included 4 adults and 2 small children. Please note - it did not state in the property rules that the person who booked the apartment should be there at check-out.

What should have been an enjoyable Sunday night, ended up being quite stressful because the host was not happy with quite a reasonable request that the remaining party could stay until the stated check-out time.

We cleaned the apartment impeccably (we noted a few other reviews/comments regarding cleaning) as we were worried we would not get our security deposit back as Anna Maria wasn't happy with us as guests.

Overall it wasn't a good experience. I thought Airbnb was to open your home to others and make them feel welcome. This did not happen for us in Barcelona (sad smiley face).

Please note: We use Airbnb whenever we travel around Europe and also host in London . We have had rave reviews about both the cleanliness and considerate and thoughtful hosting.