My wife and I stayed at this apartment for 5 nights. Check in was quick and easy. Just had to fill out a little paperwork and pay the city taxes (cash or card was accepted). The apartment was just perfect for what we needed. It was nice to have the outdoor terrace and also the small balcony off the bedroom. We had problems with the water heater but we contacted the host and they quickly sent someone to check it out. Turns out it just completely died and would need to be replaced. The host quickly offered us a key to an apartment a couple floors down to use the bathroom in there to shower until they could replace it the next day (which they did). Nothing can really be done about something like a water heater randomly dying on you, but their response was great and really stood out to us to show they really care to keep their guests happy. Communication was great throughout. In terms of the neighborhood, the apartment is super close to the Poble Sec metro station and also a couple bus stops, so getting to other parts of the city was a breeze. It was an easy walk to the Blai area where you can find some really delicious and inexpensive tapas. The walk to La Rambla was about 20 min. We mostly used the metro and buses to get around though. All in all, a great value and great place to stay in Barcelona. Would definitely stay here again.