I don’t know how to express my dissatisfaction for my choice in accommodations in Barcelona. The entire apartment is in need of updates. The furniture is ripped and the walls are scuffed up in every room. The air conditioning needs to be reached with the end of an umbrella. The refrigerator worked sporadically, but we ended up throwing away a lot of food that was warm the 2nd day. The owner’s friend came to check on it and said it was working but it was not.
All of this would make things inconvenient but not horrible. What made the experience unacceptable was that there was black mold all over the ceiling of one of the 2nd floor bathrooms. When I contacted the owner she acknowledged that she was aware of the mold and that her insurance company was coming out to look at it. So she knew she was renting us an apartment with mold. Half of our family left early due to this. My daughter has respiratory problems and I had to go to a pharmacy and try and get her inhaler refilled. She coughed for 4 days before we left. I paid over 2220 for this accommodation for 6 nights.
The location is wonderful but the mold made for a miserable experience and we were left feeling very disappointed and angry that our health was not considered a valid concern.