First of all, I want to say many thanks for Emilio!
I stayed in Emilio's apartment for 4 months. I was doing my exchange semestr in Barcelona.
I really loved everything, apartment, neighborhood.
So, apartment: clean, organized, kitchen equipped with everything you need to cook, big fridge, air-conditioner & etc. Nice balkon exactly like on the picture. My room was a bit small, but big enough to put your stuff, study.
Neighborhood: Really beautiful, peaceful place after a lot of tourists in the center. There are bars, small shops and big supermarkets around the apartment. There is a sport complex where you can play tennis, padel, football, do gym, swim and other sports. Easy to get to center, for example to Passeig Gracia via yellow line (metro) in 13 minutes you get there. To get to the beach you need 17-18 minutes. and the metro is very close, 4 min.walking to yellow line, and 5 min.to blue line. The neighborhood is a very nice cool place to stay and very beautiful.
Host: Emilio is always kind, helpful, sociable and cooks amazing! When I arrived, he met me in the metro, gave everything that I needed tables, chairs, extra pillows and sheets. We cooked together with him, had lunch, dinners, drinks in bars. He has almost 3 years old son who sometimes stayed with us, his son is very cute. If you need something, he is always ready to help. He organized membership for the sport complex for me, so I could use all sport facilities for the whole of my stay. On weekends we played padel tennis with him, bzw he is a good player. Also, when I was leaving (my flight was early in the morning) he took me to the airport, assisted with my luggage registration (i had a overweight).
During my stay I had 3 neighbors including the host. one of them has a night shift, so he sleeps during daytime. Another was a student like me and the host. But last month student from Austria left.
Since most of the apartments in Barcelona they do not have central heating system (similar to this apartment), you can use electric heating. In winter period, when it gets cold (min. +6, +8 degrees Celcius), we used air-conditioning and electric heating. But when the weather gets warmer & during summer time, it is a really nice place to stay.
Again, many thanks to the host & highly recommend the accommodation ! if you need a quite area with beautiful nature (easy reach from the center), and an apartment with all necessary facilities with helpful/kind host>> this is that place.
Enjoy your stay in Barcelona!