In order to get the keys to open the apartment you must go to a cash + carry that is several blocks away first and they give them to you. As a solo traveler(my friends were meeting me at the apt the following day) I wish I would have known the walk beforehand because I was coming straight from the airport and had all my bags/luggage trying to navigate the extremely busy la sagrada familia plaza area which felt very overwhelming/ exhausting. In any case- once you get the keys you are golden.
The apartment is on the FOURTH floor. The stairway is narrow so bringing your luggage up may be a struggle- but definitely doable. Once I got inside I nearly collapsed with relief. The air conditioning really was the winner of this stay. I came during a heat wave so the air conditioning in the apartment truly helped so much.
The kitchen does not come with oil and pepper or coffee-only salt. I feel this is a little different than the US so wanted to mention. Also plan on buying bottled water as the tap didn’t taste great. There is a great little grocery store right around the corner from the apartment that we went to a lot.
I had to message Pepo about how to turn on the hob but once I was able to do that I was golden.
Unfortunately the second day we were there the water to the apartment was completely shut off. Because the weather outside was like 85-88 degrees and humid, not being able to shower or even just wash our hands really brought down our morale. It was the weekend and a national holiday so there wasn’t much he could do that day. He came by and took a look and didn’t know why it wasn’t working. We also couldn’t flush which was interesting. We ended up filling up a bucket of water from our neighbors across the hall to flush. That 24 hours without any running water was definitely the hardest. The following day it turned back on and worked! Pepo did reimburse me for a shower I took at a gym down the street while our water was off.
The thing I loved the most about this apartment was the LOCATION (on your daily walk to the bus or the metro you get to stand and look at the Sagrada in it’s enormity. I absolutely LOVED this part. We would get gelato several nights and just stare at la Sagrada at night with the stained glass all lit up. So wonderful- and onLy a 5-6 min walk back home.)
This loft truly felt like home. I would come home after running around the city and truly felt safe and relaxed here. One of our favorite things was being able to do our laundry and hanging our clothes on the clothes line on the balcony. The balcony is not for sitting it is more of a walkway to get to and from the washer and the broom closet.
Overall, great location, nice and cool apartment- and Pepo was very responsive especially when things took a turn for the worse that second day with the water being shut off -I’m glad I got to meet him as well. Truly a very kind man. I stayed here for almost 2 weeks and I so enjoyed it!!