We spent a week in Carme and Pere's apartment in Eixample in March 2015. The hosts are extremely gracious and timely in communications. They let us check in a few hours earlier at no extra charge, which was very beneficial given the jet lag. They also kept our luggage for two extra hours after the scheduled departure time.
The apartment is conveniently located close to supermarkets, stores of all sorts and about 10 minutes from the nearest metro station on the yellow line. It is a great point of departure to visit the city. The apartment is very quiet and serves its sleeping-eating-resting purposes. It might be useful for the potential renter to be aware of a few features of the apartment: 1. The bathrooms are on two levels with the shower being on the higher ground. There is a sizable (about 1 foot) step to go down from the shower to the lower level. This is not an issue for most persons but older people might not like it. 2. One of the bedrooms gets light in the early morning because it does not have a rolling shutter on one of the windows. A few, overall minor, things could in my opinion be easily improved: 1) put a carpet in the showers to prevent chances of slipping. 2) some of the items in the kitchen could be upgraded (the coffee machine does not work very well and some of the pots are old). Overall, despite the small issues, I recommend this apartment very much. Thanks again to Carme and Pere for their generous hospitality.