Manel was freindly, welcoming, and even helped us pull our luggage up the stairs. There were manuals for all appliances, and he explained everything about the place and the city.
The apartment is in Raval, not in Eixample as we had understood from the listing at the time of booking. It overlooks a neighborhood square that is active at all hours of the day and night. I would call this a "studio" apartment with an accordian door to separate the bed area (rather than a one bedroom). Since there is no window in the bed area, you can't close the door for the night.
The flat had a few drawbacks, particularly the bathroom (clogged drain, broken light, low water pressure, leaky shower head). The mini-fridge and lack of oven is a limitation for long-stayers. The apartment is nice enough, certainly bright and sunny, and the hosts are friendly and communicative. But for a walk-up apartment of this size and location, we felt it was considerably overpriced.