We stayed in Xavier's beautiful apartment in early November. The apartment is just like the photos, clean and well presented. The kitchen is very well equipped with all mod cons, great having the use of a washing machine if you were staying for a week or longer.
Xavier was a very good host, even offered to collect us from the airport, but we decided to take the train and metro. The metro station is about 2 minutes walk to the apartment and after the first day where we walked up to the top of Castell de Montjuic decided to use the train more. The metro is easy to negotiate and saved us time as we only had 3 days to explore.
Enjoyed our short stay in Xavier's apartment and would definitely recommend to anyone who wants to explore Barcelona.