Our stay at Leandro's place was a mixed experience because while the apartment had a great view and it's located in a great neighborhood with easy access to public transport, it had some off-puting downsides to it.
First, it wasn't clean. The living area had an unclean smell to it (cigarettes?, b.o.?) when you sat on the sofa that someone tried to cover up with a perfumy room spray, which needless to say... was not a good combination. The pillows on the bed were badly stained under the pillowcases, and it was obvious that they had never been washed. The comforter on the bed wasn't clean either and we ended up taking it to the local laundry to have it washed. The inside of the front door was really dirty on the edge above and below the doorknob where no sponge had ever been passed. Also, I had asked the host prior to our arrival if the apartment had an ironing board and he said yes - and it does have one, but the pad on the ironing board is missing whole chunks out of the padding which only covers the middle of the ironing board anyway, and the rest of the ironing board is bare metal which makes the whole thing totally unusable.
The other thing that was really bad was the air-conditioning units. There are two in the apartment; one in the bedroom and one in the living room. If you turn on both at once, it trips the breaker and turns them both off. If you run one of the units and the washing machine at the same time it trips the breaker and turns of the a/c. We were unaware of that issue for the first three weeks of our trip because the weather was beautiful and we prefered fresh air anyway (which also served to air out the apartment), so we never turned them on, but during the last couple of weeks it got really hot, and then it became a problem.
The host does not provide any kind of guide to the apartment or the neighborhood apart from really general information included in the house manual on the AirBnb app, and more information about the amenities in the building would have been useful.
To be fair, the apartment itself has some very nice features. The view is really beautiful; it looks across to other apartment towers on the east side, which allows for entertaining people watching on the neighboring balconies, and a gorgeous view at night. On the north side you can see the river. That north balcony also has a view in the direction of the airport so you can watch the planes taking off and landing, and we really enjoyed that.
It has windows on two sides so you have a lot of light and great cross-ventillation, which on a beautiful day almost makes you feel like you're outside. Those are definate pluses, and we enjoyed that aspect of the apartment very much.
The neighborhood is upscale and safe, the streets are lined with tall, leafy trees and it's very pleasant to walk around. The location is convenient as there is a huge Jumbo supermarket nearby, as well as the aforementioned public transport and lots of taxis passing by the front entrance. The price for the rental was very reasonable as well.
In all honesty I have to say that we enjoyed our stay because of the built-in features that the apartment has as far as luminosity, view and location. And we didn't make a issue of the problems that it had with the host because I wanted to relax on this vacation and I honestly didn't feel like arguing about any of it. But I did have to spend a couple of days giving it a good cleaning - which isn't something a guest should have to do.