We booked with Alvaro at the last minute. We were 8 people - 4 adults and 4 grown up kids. Alvaro was very prompt in his response and extremely helpful, going out of his way to assist us. As for the apartment:
Location - excellently located, easy to get to anywhere as metro station and bus stops are a minute away. Convenient and good supermarkets/ fruit/ bread shops. Very good restaurants in vicinity. Las Ramblas and Barri Gotic 10 and 20 min walk.
Amenities - exactly as in pictures. Washing machine, dish washer, comfortable beds - brand new with new linen. Large beds for Spain. One bathroom is tiny but both have shower. Our group of 8 was very comfortable.
Accommodation - 8 people very comfortable and there was a spare king size bed which could sleep another 2. The apartment is spacious, with decent sized rooms so even with a large group we did not feel cramped.
Host - Alvaro speaks excellent english which was a big help. Very helpful, he went out of his way and picked us up from the airport - bringing to cars to accommodate us. He was responsive and we felt his concern and efforts to make our stay wonderful were very genuine.He made sure there was enough cleaning equipment, detergent, wipes, napkins etc so we did not have to run around buying stuff for our short stay.
A wonderful start to our holiday.