Alexandre was a great host, very communicative, very responsive. He provided milk and water for my late night arrival and always answered my enquires quickly.
However
The place is not suitable for the elderly or little children. The3 flights of stairs are too narrow to easily get your suitcase to where you have to.
The “entire place” is another floor built (shoddily) upon Alexandres house. It has bizarre placements of doors & light switches. It has power points that are falling off the wall and exposed wires coming out for no particular reason. We dont know if they were live, of course we didn’t touch them to find out.
The aircons are noisy and have gaps between them and the walls so that they’re not very efficient and even the biggest mozzies can fly through in a mack truck.
The 3G street internet is faster and more reliable than his wifi.
The hammock and bbq you see in the picture are indeed on the “balcony” but the curtain doesn’t open - probably because you don’t want to look at through the neighbours bedroom window which is right there.
The “parking” included is not guaranteed because all the other residents of the street are there 1st and if you can get a park they will look at you funny because you are only a “guest”
Ive been coming to Brasil for 12 years now, and this place is entirely typical and normal for the average Brasilian. But if you re looking for a standard that would pass in the rest of the world, then this place is not for you.