This apartment has a great location in the Gracia neighborhood which is lovely with its narrow streets, shops, restaurants and plazas with trees where you can enjoy delicious tapas surrounded by local people. The street is fairly quiet and there are two parking garages nearby if you arrive by car. It is about a 25-30 min walk to the Sagrada Familia. The air conditioning worked well and it was nice to come back to a cool apartment after walking all day in the heat.
However, we thought the apartment was not very clean and not well maintained. There was dirt and marks on all the walls, one wall in the largest bedroom had a hole where the door handle hit the wall, and the bathroom walls were dirty and had lots of scuffs. One wall in the large bathroom had a stain and it appeared it was fixed with orange spray paint that didn't match the wall color.
In the kitchen, the inside of the refrigerator had a bad smell and there was bread crumbs on top of the microwave where the toaster sat.
The furniture in the kitchen and living room was extremely dirty and stained. We did not want to sit on the kitchen chairs or the sofa because they were incredibly dirty and disgusting.
Fortunately the beds, sheets and pillows were clean.
Overall the apartment had an awful smell that didn't go away even after we opened the windows. The host offered to give us a room deodorizer spray but he never brought it, even though he left me a voice message to say he was going to leave it by the front door.
Finally the kitchen was missing a trash can and a dishwasher, which the host informed us they were in the process of changing out but we asked that they not bother us with this repair during our stay since we weren't planning on cooking and using the dishwashwer.
I would say the layout of this apartment is good, the space is nice but it really needs a thorough cleaning and new paint on the walls.
In a last note, the light in the hallway downstairs does not work so when you come at night you can't turn on the light and you have to walk up to the first floor to be able to turn on the light in the staircase.
I also want to mention that this apartment is rented by a company, not an individual host, so you will not get the kind of personal service that you get from other hosts. The young man who met us at the apartment when we arrived was very nice but he didn't seem to care that the apartment was dirty.