We had a good overall experience during our 10 days stay. On the positive side, the location, views, beds, bathrooms and kitchen equipment were as described and we enjoyed them very much. The flat does look like in the pictures, and is fully equipped as per the provided description. We had already stayed in the Poble Nou/Villa Olimpica area and love to stay there when we visit Barcelona, either in summer or any other time of the year. The flat is well connected and with lots of things to do and enjoy close by. One thing worth mentioning is that heating works well too, as the weather was cold outside but it felt cosy inside.

On the not so positive side, the flat floors were not well cleaned when we arrived, and there was a not so nice smell coming from ther drains in the bathrooms. We communicated both issues to the flat administrators (we never met Rosario, there is a professional company handling maintenance and check-in, more on that below) and they did send someone to clean up the floors, but though the plumber also came later, he was thinking there that was a blocked drain instead of bad smell and was not prepared to "fix" that. We did not insist on it as it was not super bad and not on all of the time, but once in a while it could be noticed.

As for dealing with the host, well, as mentioned, beyond initial exchanges via Airbnb, we were in touch with the flat administrators, a professional firm with office in Gran Via close to Urgell and available 24/7. We had been told that there would be an additional fee to pay for late arrival to the floor (we landed late at night and so expected to go directly to the flat and meet the host or an assistant there), yet we found out at the airport that we needed to stop by the company's office on our way to the floor in order to get the keys. We also were asked to return the keys to the same office on the way out to the airport. At least we weren't charged any additional fee for late check-in :)