We stayed in John's apartment from the 4th of August till the 13th of August.
We enjoyed our stay very much and we can recommend it to anyone who wants to visit Barcelona for one or two weeks.
The apartment is strategically located in the centre of Barcelona with the nearest metrostation (Urgell) only one block away. When you have a Hola Barcelona-card you can very easily travel to the apartment by metro from the Airport-Terminal-metrostations to Urgell with only one switch. Just take metroline L9 to Torrassa and then change lines to metroline L1 to Urgell.
The apartment is located on the top of a charasteristic Barcelonian houseblock and has a large livingroom with a big roofterrace. There you will still hear the sound of the city, but you will also find the perfect relaxing environment to rest. So you easily can charge your batteries for the following journeys through the city. Because in Barcelona there's a lot to see and to visit. It really is a marvelous and beautiful city.
The apartment is very big, so you will have a lot of space, which is very comfortable. The living room and the bedrooms are airconditioned. The bedrooms are located at the backside of the apartment so at night you don't hear the street noise there.
The only negative points were some minor details. Sometimes the electricity stopped and you had to reset one of the fuses (but that was very easy to do). And there were some things to repair (there were two chairs broken, there were some lightbulbs broken and the jacuzzi did it only for 50%), which we have already reported to John. So we think they will be fixed soon.
Directly opposite of the apartment is a large supermarket where you can get almost all of your groceries, including fresh bread. It is open from 09:00 till 21:00.