We had a great stay in Barcelona, and for the money - this was worth it, I guess. We wasted a lot of time dealing with issues and we were there for such a short time.
Pros:
-Close to las Rambla
-Lots of eating places nearby
-Sleeps 6 people - but cannot accommodate more than 2 people to have a hot shower within a 2 hour period. We had cold water after 1 person showered.
Cons:
- only hot water in the shower for 1-2 people
- alarm system kept sounding LOUD and some random voice calling authorities would come on every time we left. We called the host for help, but nobody could help us. Instead we had to carry most of our laptops and valuables with us everywhere because we were afraid we would get robbed without the alarm system on
- lots of shady characters downstairs in the evenings. I would not have felt safe alone or with a few girls.
- be prepared to walk up 4 flights of narrow stairs with luggage.
- check-in is a LONG process. They were a bit late and we waited outside for a while in the cold. However they were communicating with us. They said there was traffic, but guy arrived on a scooter on the sidewalk. Go figure. He had to carry his scooter up 4 flights of stairs... so we helped him. Poor guy. He was an international college student. He spent over an hour in the apartment filling out paperwork and showing us things in the apartment. He taught us about the alarm but I asked him if we could test it with him there. He declined. Then we had countless issues with it.
- host will NOT help with bags
- will NOT store your bags after checkout or offer late checkout - they will send you a link to pay someone else for the service.
- water filter in fridge was broken, they said they would bring a new one the next day, but we were not home.