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What to check before buying a flat in Barri Gòtic

Barri Gòtic in figures, so you know what to ask at the viewing. These are figures for the whole neighbourhood: the flat you're going to see may differ from the average.

Winter sun

76%of façades with no direct sun on 21 December

On 21 December, on a middle floor, 76% of façades get no direct sun. On the first floor it is 90%; on the top floor, 44%.

Asoleo calculation with ICGC LiDAR, across all the façades in the neighbourhood.

See your street, one side at a time

Noise

12.2%of street-facing façades above 65 dB by day

30%of street-facing façades above 55 dB at night

By day, 12.2% of street-facing façades exceed 65 dB; at night, 30% exceed 55 dB. Across Barcelona it is 23.4% and 34.7%.

Barcelona City Council noise map, 2022, measured at the façade, not inside the flat.

Tourist flats

22.8per 1,000 homes

239 registered tourist flats: 22.8 per 1,000 homes. The Barcelona average is 12.8.

The register only includes those with a licence.

Low-emission zone

Inside

The whole neighbourhood is inside the Rondes low-emission zone (ZBE): cars without an environmental label can't drive here Monday to Friday, 7 am to 8 pm.

Rent

16.38 €/m²a month, new contracts

€16.38/m² a month (Q2 2025–Q1 2026). The Barcelona average is €16.83/m².

New contracts, from the rental deposits lodged with Incasòl.

On foot

  • Metro, train and tram2
  • Schools3
  • Health centres1
  • Municipal markets0
  • Parks5

The neighbourhood has 2 metro, train or tram stations, 3 schools, 1 health centre and 5 parks.

It has no municipal market within its limits.

It counts what is inside the neighbourhood's boundaries: what is just across the street doesn't show up.

What to ask at the viewing

  1. Which way the living room faces. Here more than half of the façades get no sun in winter.
  2. What the building's bylaws say about tourist flats. This neighbourhood has more than the city average.
  3. What label your car has, if you have a car.
  4. What time the sun comes in: at a viewing you only see one hour of the day.

All of this, for your specific flat, in the report.

Sources

Public data from these bodies; Asoleo has no connection with them.