Maria’s place was very lovely, exactly as advertised on the site and in a wonderful location. We never felt unsafe going in and out of the apartment, it was equipped with all the needs and Lola, who met us at check in, was very responsive when there was an issue with the television.
We can’t give the place a 5 star rating as there were a few issues. The clothes dryer didn’t work after one wash and the main issue was the construction that was happening next door.
This was clearly not a new construction site as they have been working on it since June 2019 and it is planned to go on until the end of 2020.
We fully understand that construction happens in large cities but the 8am-5:30pm sledgehammering, jack hammering and tossing of cement and glass windows from the top of the building were quite disruptive and we wish we had been notified of this.
After long days of walking the city all you want to do at 4pm, with kids and before dinner, is to have a little quiet time at the place and unfortunately this was not able to happen for us.
Overall we had a wonderful time in Barcelona and Maria was responsive when written to but no compensation was offered with the inconveniences.