The place was very nice, if you like rustik. I liked the place. You have a view to the center of rio. Lots of life right outside. You have to walk a long staircase every day, it will get you in shape. Just below the stairs you will find café´s and streetpartys every night. If you wanna party all night, you found the perfect place. If not, you will propperbly find all the noice, to be a bit much. All in all a very charming place to stay for 1 or 2 weeks. We didn´t really talk a lot with Ricardo, just his wife, and she only spoke Portuguese. She was very friendly tho. So if you dont speak Portuguese, and Ricardo happens to not be home while you stay there, you´ll get minimum info from your host. He did make shore that we got some clothes washed during our stay. Ricardo lives right up the stairs, so I guess you can always try your luck upthere if you need help with something.
And if you don´t need that, you´ll be perfectly fine. No closet or place you can put your clothes, so your living right out of your suitcase.