We were not satisfied with our stay. First of all, the apartment is not very "personal". After completing the booking on AirBnB, it becomes apparent that this is a company renting an appartment. For me, this was not at all transparent and it's not the spirit of AirBnb. I would have chosen a different site had I wanted to book with a company. I use AirBnB because I like to stay in a homy place. Having had a company as a landlord also meant that there was a lot of extra admin required incl communicating passport numbers of all travellers. My fellow travellers really questioned this requirement and were reluctant to provide the information. I also never stayed in an AirBnB which had a Nespresso mashine but not even one capsule is being offered.
The place was not fully ready for the agreed check in time, 3pm. There were still people cleaning the flat well after 3pm.
Our primary reason for our stay in Barcelona was to participate to the Barcelona Marathon. Both on Friday and Saturday night, we had difficulties to sleep because there was a lot of noise in one of the flats above us. In addition, I received a text message on Friday night suggesting that our group was making the noise and the neighbours had complained about us. I didn't appreciate this and requested a word with the people above us so that we could have a quiet night before the race. Unfortunately, we experienced the same issues again on Saturday night. Not at all what you want prior to running a Marathon.
The location of the flat was perfect and we were happy from that point of view.
All in all, I feel a little bit cheated because of the lack of transparency and the way our group was treated. Given the price we paid, I had different expectations.