We were a family of six teenagers/young adults who stayed for four nights after a cruise. Communication with Valerie was excellent and we found the apartment almost exactly as described on the airbnb site. The location was great - an easy walk to many restaurants and tourist areas yet very quiet. Check-in was easy but was somewhat complicated by Valerie's housekeeper's limited English and our limited Spanish. The apartment was very clean and large. The furnishings are basic but adequate (like living in an Ikea showroom); my only complaint would be that the mattresses are very firm and a couple of the rooms were warm even with the ac running. My only real complaint would be that there was a scarcity of basic supplies including toilet paper and hand soap. There was one towel per person for the four nights we were staying; since the towels were very inexpensive I didn't think it was unreasonable to ask Valerie if we could have more including towels for the beach but was refused. Although the listing says there is soap and shampoo, the only soap was a limited amount of hand soap. Although it was very inexpensive to buy soap for the showers and paper towels for the kitchen, I have never had to purchase those items at previous rentals and it was inconvenient to have to do so at the late hour that we realized that they had not been provided. She did provide a very limited amount of soap for hand washing dishes as well as for the dishwasher but it would have been nice if she had provided enough to actually wash all of the dishes for a party of our size. Perhaps tourists to Barcelona are in the habit of stealing these items but we found it to be strange to skimp on such inexpensive supplies.
With the exception of the minor inconveniences in basic supplies for the apartment, we found the apartment to be clean and comfortable and in a great location.