If there's an Airbnb nightmare experience, this was it. I booked Gerard's place long-term since I was studying abroad for 3-4 months. The location, is absolutely perfect. It's close to all the metros, but that's about it. To be completely transparent, about 4 weeks into my term, I tried to change the duration of my long-term commitment. Plans change as they often do and my time in BCN was shorter since schedules changed at school. I reached out to Gerard, knowing full well that he really didn't have to be flexible, because truthfully it wouldn't be fair for me to shorten my commitment without him being compensated. But what's the harm in asking right? We discussed briefly, and he WAS flexible and made an offer. While I was super appreciative of the offer, I had to bear all the risk. So I just decided to just pay for the entirety of my lease, regardless of my plans. I am saying this all now, because I don't want Gerard to insist that this was what caused to happen what I'm about to say next. About 7 weeks in, on a sunny Monday morning they started construction right below my apartment. Now, I've lived in apartments where there were constructions, but this was not some normal construction. Imagine waking up everyday during the weekday starting at 9am to loud hammering, vibrating through the walls and the floors. My friend who visited for two days, couldn't believe that I had to stay in the apartment while the construction went on from 9am-8pm, with an hour in break. That Friday I reached out to Gerard because the noise was really, unbearable. Imagine having a jack hammer go off right below your bed, sofa, kitchen. Why did I wait a week before reaching out to Gerard? Because I thought "Hey maybe it's just a short-term emergency thing". Wrong He replied, ensuring that the construction noise was done that Friday and things should be back to normal. The following Monday, same business - construction starts again. I reach out to him few days later again to see what's going on, this time making several video recordings as I was discussing with Airbnb support about my options. Again, he ensured that construction was done, and that they would start painting again. Wrong. The following Monday, AGAIN construction. So basically I've lived in this apartment for 3 weeks of non-stop construction. I reached out to Gerard, upset but his response in short is this word for word: "Realize that you are the only neighbor who has complained about the works, many of them are in Barcelona in identical conditions that you. Think that in stays as long as yours is normal for Barcelona to continue its normal development. Think that your stay is not like a hotel, neither in price nor in service, and the apartment is not a spa or a Cistercian monastery. I'm sorry you can be upset with the noise, and I'm very sorry, but...