Great location for us in San Antoni. The airport bus stop dropped us off less than 50m from the door, the return stop was even closer. Near Lidl supermarket, 365 Pattisserie at the corner of the block, nice Tappas at the other corner with Taperia Ordesa.
Basically the apartment is on the 8th Floor with a small lift, though we often used the stairs for fitness. Great accomodation for us, very good aircon, rooms, clean and all linen changed after 1 week by the friendly and efficient staff. TV with Netflix when just chilling. However the real benefit of the appartment was the outdoor terrace which is SW facing and gets sun almost all day. If you want shade the adjustable sun canopy works well. It was the sun terrace that was the deciding factor when booking the appartment rather than somewhere else and we weren't dissapointed 😊.
We are a fit and active family so the location worked and we were happy to walk everywhere. If you're not a walker then there is the Urgell Metro stop just one block away.
Our only real issue was dicovering on our first full day, was that the shower wasn't draining properly causing some flooding. We raised the issue via WhatsApp and a staff member came and resolved the blockage quickly and without fuss. Worked perfectly from the on.
We would consider returning if ever in Barcelona again. Very happpy with our stay at Birdhouse Penthouse.