I was unable to meet with Josep but i met with his friend Julio who was awesome. He greeted us and gave us a lot of good recommendations around the local area. It's very close to Sagrada Familia, about a 5 minute walk. Its about 2 miles from the Gothic area and la rambla (la boqueria) but we found the walk to be good and allows you to see a lot of barcelona between the 2 areas.

The apartment itself is awesome. The pictures are pretty spot on but I'd say it's even better in person. The balcony is great for people watching. Comfortable tempurpedic bed.

The shower water pressure is amazing but the draining was a bit slow so it leaked out a bit but not a problem and easy to clean up.

You had decent food options because of the tourism next to Sagrada Familia but we found food was better closer to the Gothic/La Rambla area. I have never been to Barcelona before, I'd probably choose a different area next time only for ease of walking around the more populated area, but it was otherwise great and if you want more of a quiet removed experience set within Barcelona as a local, it was perfect.

It was a great apartment, great host, and great price :)