Jon is a great host and was very accommodating on arrival - and flexible about our departure time. The apartment is as it appears in the photos. It is in a pleasant residential area, around the corner from a great street full of restaurants and tapas bars and about five minutes from the metro. It can be a little noisy and bright during the day (what with the bottle bank outside, the banging doors on the stairwell of the building and the light from the windows) so I would recommend this apartment to a couple planning to be out sightseeing during the day - for which, given its proximity to the beach, Montjuic, the Raval and the other attractions of Barcelona, the apartment is really well-suited.