The apartment is extremely well located, next to the Sagrada Familia, the Metro and close to shops and restaurants. We were welcomed by one of our host’s friends. The bedrooms and beds are comfortable and the terrace is very cute.
However, it looked to me that the cleaning had not been properly done in the kitchen and in the bathroom. It is very unpleasant to arrive quite late in the evening and to think that you have to do the washing up (forks and knives were far from perfectly clean) and the cleaning before cooking and having a shower. Besides, except a bottle of washing up liquid, there are no detergents at all in the apartment, not even one for the toilets. No sponges and only one kitchen towel.
I might have too high expectations, but I think tourists cannot be expected to buy everything for the basic maintenance of the place, especially if they are staying only a few days. I sent two messages to the host to mention the problem. One of them said there was a vacuum cleaner and a broom in a closet outside (indeed there was), but my last message mentioning the lack of detergents remained unanswered. The fact that you have to buy absolutely everything on your arrival, including basics, should be mentioned somewhere in the apartment description or in the rules.
Finally, on the second morning, we couldn’t pull up one of the blinds and the thing was supposed to be fixed, but it wasn’t. It was impossible to get some fresh air into the room. It may happen of course: it is not always easy to find a technician who is immediately available to fix what needs to be fixed. I completely understand it, but it would have been nice to send us a message to let us know about the problem.