All in all this was a good choice. The location is perfect (close to Passeig de Gracia and Plaça Catalunya, plus a small supermarket just across the street) and the apartment big enough to accommodate 2 families with 10 people in total. The apartment is old and certain things could certainly be renovated, but everything works fine...shower, fridge etc. The checkin lady was also friendly although checkin does not take place at the apartment but 1km away from it (I have to add that this was properly communicated from the beginning though). I would only give a bit a negative review on the fact that once you book on AirBnb you get a message from the renting agency saying that you will have to pay a deposit of >450 EUR when checking in. I let them know in advance that they were not allowed to do that, and they kindly replied saying that they wouldn’t charge any deposit. However, I met a group of Belgian tourists in front of the agency who confirmed they did pay deposit. I simply recommend on insisting and confirming this with the agency in advance.