The apartment is in a great location and was close to a very useful bus lines (such as D20 to Barceloneta beach) and the L3 metro line to Passeig de Gràcia. It was easy to get to the Aerobus stop at Plaça d'Espanya get to and from the airport. The living room looked over the restaurant filled street (pedestrians only), but the bedroom was in back and was very quiet. The washer was outside in an enclosed room off the bedroom and the clothes dried nicely outside. The kitchen was very serviceable and their were multiple places to buy groceries as well as the big Mercat de Sant Antoni within walking distance. There were some good restaurants and bars in the neighborhood as well. A pharmacy with good hours was one block away.
Rachid was very quick to respond to my inquiries and was easy to adjust to my 1-hour delayed arrival from Valencia by train.