This apartment was significantly overpriced for what you get. I’ve been on Airbnb for 11 years and have only written one negative review. This will be my second.
First, the positive: the location of the apartment is really good and it is clean.
Now, for the negative: the apartment doesn’t look like the pictures online, it is in need of maintenance, the beds and bedding are cheap, and there are no amenities provided (other than a few rolls of toilet paper).
The apartment manager, My Space Capital, staged the apartment for photographs and then removed all the things that give an apartment its atmosphere — flowers, pictures, books, interesting objects, etc. were all removed. You arrive at an apartment with blank walls and shelves.
With respect to maintenance, the sliding closet doors in one of the bedrooms didn’t work, by which I mean you couldn’t open them. To the manager’s credit, they did have them fixed the next day. In addition, the air conditioner made a terribly annoying high pitched noise. The guy who fixed the closet doors explained that’s normal — which I politely accepted and rather than using the air conditioner instead chose to open the sliding doors to the rooms, the only problem (depending on your perspective and lung health) with which was the frequent pot smoke from the apartment next door.
As mentioned above, but worth mentioning again, the beds and bedding were cheap. You could feel the springs in the mattress and the sheets didn’t fit the mattress so they came off while sleeping. The couch was more comfortable.
Finally, as previously mentioned, the only “amenity” provided was toilet paper — which is, of coure, appreciated. Otherwise, no coffee, no tea, no paper towels, no salt, no pepper, no olive oil, no herbs, no spices, nothing you would need to actually use the kitchen. Given the cost, this seems out of line with past experiences.
In Barcelona, you can pay less than what we paid per night for a 4 star hotel in many excellent parts of the city. I like to stay in apartments when on an extended stay (3+ nights) because it provides an opportunity to experience a neighborhood and the people who live there. As is, I wouldn’t stay in this apartment again (although I do love the location and neighborhood) and if you are on a tighter budget I certainly wouldn’t pay more than $225 for this apartment.
Maybe more importantly, I would be cautious renting any apartment managed by My Space Capital as they seem to misrepresent the apartments they manage.