We had a great time at Manel's apartment. He was a great host and had someone (Ana) waiting for us upon check-in to give us the details on the surrounding area, how to get around, and must-see places. The furnishing and huge windows were great, and he even left us a wonderful bottle of wine to celebrate the start of our Barcelona trip. We ran into a couple of wifi issues, but Manel was available to help us try to get them resolved even though he was on his own vacation.
A word of warning, there is a step up into the shower with no ledge or other way of blocking water from running on to the bathroom floor. We had to roll up the bath mat and use it to block the water from filling up the floor.