When traveling outside your country, especially with kids, you just want to get where you're going so you can drop the bags. Their friend Jose met us at the apt to let us in and so check-in was super smooth.
The location of the apartment is perfect for exploring and walking to everything you want to see, right around the corner from Plaça de Catalunya. Their place is comfortable, the beds and couch very comfortable, full kitchen to make a few quick meals for the kids (huge grocery store 10 min walk), WiFi was fast (held up to 4 devices), and an elevator to make getting in and out easy. We felt so comfortable at their place, that we decided to extend our stay by two days. Of course the city of Barcelona also makes that an easy decision.
If you alone, a couple or a family of 4 like us, I highly recommend staying with Phil and Fiona is the place is available. I give them 4 STARS