This is not the first time that my partner and I stay at an Airbnb that is NOT someone's home. This is the case with this apartment. It is a place that was set up to be rented, so it lacks that charm of a home, which we personally think is the best thing about Airbnb. When it becomes a business, hospitality and warmth fall short, but that is just our opinion. Apart from that, the apartment is simple, trying to be stylish. The location is good and the neighbourhood is OK. David, who welcomed us to the place, was friendly and willing to help, which was nice. Mariano was also helpful in our exchange of messages and even spoke some Portuguese to us :) However, we do have to report a few things that made our stay not as pleasant as we had wished for: the internet was very unstable and bad most of the time, which made it impossible for us to get work done or even surf websites at times. A couple of times we had no internet at all. Cleaning was also poor. The floor, specially, had not been properly mopped when we arrived and spider webs could be found in most corners. We had to clean the floor ourselves and did not have a lot of cleaning products at our disposal (no actual broom, rag or mop). The kitchen also had pans that were greasy and a poorly packaged piece of chicken left over from former guests in the freezer was something we found unpleasant. That made us frustrated, specially now during the pandemics, when we would expect cleaning to be extra careful. In the pictures, there was a nice reading chair that was not present in the apartment and a Nespresso coffee machine which we were looking forward to, but was not there in the real deal. The shower was not good and the mattress was kind of old and uneven. The price was a bit cheaper than other similar options and that was a motivating factor when we reserved, but we do not think that what we saved was actually worth it, considering the negative points we encountered. Places like these - houses which are not real homes - are not the reason why we travel with Airbnb, otherwise we would just book a hotel room.