The apartment is what you would expect from an older building in the Barri Gotic area. The stairwell leading up to apartment is not the cleanest but not too dirty either ( not the owners fault as other people live in the building), the apartment itself was clean.
The location is excellent less than a minute walk to La Rambla, 15 min walk to Barceloneta beach. Bring earplugs for a good sleep as it gets noisy at night , we knew this in advance and the owner also made us aware of this , we swapped rooms with the kids as the noise in the back room was not so bad. It was worth it for the location alone.