There is no air conditioning in the living room and kitchen. Living room gets uncomfortably hot, kitchen gets very hot. Windows have large gaps and hot air and lots of outside noise gets through. There is a school right across the street, high noise volume comes from that school. There are tons of ants everywhere in the kitchen, and many ants in the rooms. I got bitten at night by ants and other bugs. There is a very bad smell of old furniture and old wood in the apartment. The furniture and the apartment looks and feels very old and shabby. Living room window overlooks a concrete wall. The apartment is cluttered with stuff.
Lots of homeless people and trash in the area. Bad smell of sewage on the street. The other side of Ipanema closer to Leblon is way nicer, much better to stay there.
Overall, very depressing place. I booked for a month but had to abandon the apartment after 3 days because it was terrible. Lucas refused to issue any refund. I lost rent money for a month.