Do not stay here! While we very much enjoyed the location of the home, we had a disappointing stay here. There were a few issues with the home, but I will address the most disappointing one first.
During our entire 8 night stay, there was only one day (Sunday) where there wasn't construction going on in the apartment directly above us from 8am until 6pm. It was loud - with drilling, demolition, hammering, tile breaking - the works. We notified the host, Adam, within 20 minutes of the arrival about the noise and the work being performed. He said he couldn't do anything about it and that "it wasn't his fault". The noise stopped at 6pm but was back the following day at 8am. We notified Adam again as we could not relax or work in the home at all during the day. There were 4 of us traveling together and the whole point of getting the apartment (rather than a hotel) was so that we could have a place to hang out in the together during the day out of the heat and get a little work done. It was impossible to stay in the house during the day because of the noise. I made recordings and continued to notify Adam who said he could do nothing. He refused to return or money or discount our rate despite my many requests.
We contacted AirBnB who said they would contact Adam on our behalf. Adam would not cooperate to remedy the situation and we were told that because of the cancellation policy (no refund after 48 hours of booking) the best they could do for us was to return 10% of the first nights stay. Had Adam cooperated, they could have done more - but he refused. We stayed 8 nights- 10% amounted to $51.90 back to us was nothing compared to $4400 we spent staying there. We were really disappointed with both Adam and AirBnB's help in the matter.
We could have left, but would have then been paying for two places which was not in our budget. My advise? Don't stay here or at any home hosted by Adam. He won't work with you to fix an issue.
We felt stuck with this house - and it was really dissapointing. Thankfully, Barcelona itself is wonderful and has so much to offer. We very much enjoyed our time there. We just didn't enjoy the home as we had hoped to.
Othe minor (but still disturbing!!) issues with the home:
1. There were insects in the bathroom (Sewer flies and crawling insects) - we let Adam know- he did nothing.
2. The AC doesn't reach the bedrooms well- so you will be hot at night in the summer.
3. The drain in the main bathroom sink does not drain.
4. There is a brownish mold in the main shower.
5. The washer works to wash clothes, but is unsafe as the lid flies off during the spin cycle.
6. The walls are thing and you will hear the neighbors. We heard fights, parties, and babies crying late into the night.
7. The twin mattresses are those foam mattresses that sleep very hot. Gross.
8 You cannot flush toilet paper down the toilet and are asked to put in the trash. There were no trash bags in the tins. This was the only place we encountered not being able to flush tp down the toilet in all of Barcelona that we visited.
9. Paint peeling off the wall from what looked like water damage or a leak near the back AC.
The location is great - easy walk to everything and the home is secure. Those are the only things going for this house.
While we won't get any refund or remedy from this, my hope here is to warn others from staying here and saving future guests the discomfort of staying here. You can find a better place!