Overall, I really liked this apartment. I had two main problems, though, and they really did kind of ruin it for me.
1. The family upstairs has a small child who runs around like a wild animal at all hours of the day and night. Juan went upstairs to talk to them about it, but it didn’t get any better at all, and the child was home from school for more than half of my month-long stay there (he was ‘sick’ and there were vacations). The banging was just incessant and extremely stressful.
2. Because of the design of the apartment, when any interior neighbor turns on the light in their apartment, or when anyone turns on the light in the main stairwell (often!), that light comes right through into the bedrooms. I slept with an eye mask on, but it still woke me up a lot.
PROS:
-amazing location
-gorgeous view of SF from the balcony
-plenty of space
-apt is really pretty, tiles are gorgeous
-SUPER clean, and easy to keep clean: probably the cleanest AirBnB I have stayed in in 7 years
-Juan is awesome: helpful when you need him, leaves you alone the rest of the time
-the building/ elevator are gorgeous and classic Barcelona
-pretty much had everything I needed, without a ton of extra ‘stuff’ around
-the bed & pillows are super comfy
-great wifi: no problems at all
CONS:
-no hot water kettle
-cafes/ bars downstairs: it’s noisy when they are open
-the kids next door (in the back) yell a lot at have recorders (musical instruments)
-a lot of the neighbors were having parties every weekend (even against covid rules)
-in general, the neighbors don’t respect the quiet hours at all. I was woken up by hammering at 11:30pm and by loud banging at 5:30 am, and these were not random occurances.
-there’s a very vocal cat next door and a very yappy dog downstairs.
-there’s really not enough hot water for a good shower. I had to take two showers and wait in between to wash my hair. Plus, there’s no glass or curtain, so it’s cold in there!