Great, spacious flat. Very nice view of the park. It didn't feel like we were in the city. Right next to the Rambla Poblenou, we were next to tons of stores and restaurants. It was great to explore the area. The flat comes fully equipped with everything you might need. They provide 1 packet for a single use of the laundry machine. Beyond that, no consumables are provided. For that reason it felt more like a hotel apartment than an Airbnb. There is a Nespresso coffee machine but no packets provided. No oil, sugar/salt or welcome gift.
The pool was unfortunately unheated which obviously wouldn't be a problem in the summer (we stayed in December)
Self checkin is handled with smart locks, which are cool but as you can see from the reviews are actually relatively difficult and at least for us, the building door never opened (we used the keys provided). But the door to the flat had no problems.
Communication was good, even though the flat has a strict hourly office hours posted, the host responded to us in the evening on a weekend, so I appreciated that.
Pre check-in was really strange. There is an outside app that you have to enter a lot of details, and a separate rental contract that has to be signed outside of Airbnb (we only stayed for 5 days). We had to fill out a lot of information such as personal info, residency information. We had to provide photos of our passports as well as photos of us holding our passports, and our credit card information (via the tourist tax payment) which I assume the company would use to reclaim anything from the rental contract outside of Airbnb. I prefer the protection provided by Airbnb (as a host and a guest), so I didn't really like providing so much information and signing legal contracts secondary to it.
To be fair, the tourist tax and photos of passports are all legal requirements in the area. But signing a double contract (one via Airbnb and through them directly) was uncomfortable
Despite those complaints, the stay was pleasant and easy. The bed was extremely comfortable, the lighting was great (both natural and artificial), and the location was simply unbeatable (1 minute walk from the beach)