I stayed here for 1 month, so I really got to know the place. I’ve stayed at Airbnbs around the world and this was my most stressful experience.
-Wifi is SLOW (I work from home) and doesn’t reach the entire small apartment (and it’s a studio-like set up)
-The room faces the jungle which I thought I’d like but there are tiny corners in the window and door where insects misquitos and lizards constantly enter, this was so stressful
-It’s at the top of a favela so I felt super isolated having to go all the way down the hill to reach anything.
-I had a difficult time to get Ubers, they’d cancel because they thought I was calling from the favela
-No water filter, and no nearby stores or restaurants (except the condo restaurant)
-The kitchen and bathroom area is split into two small floors, so if you’re above like 5’7 you may have to do a lot of crouching, my tall friends definitely hit their head more than once in the bathroom
-For those who also have asthma, I should note I strongly suspect there is mold
-Incredibly low shower water pressure
- reminder there is no AC. There is a small fan, set up on some type of old toilet in the living space
-There’s only a 2 burner stove (you have to turn on with matches), and 1 of them doesn’t work
-Kitchen extremely unequipped for long term stays (think 2 forks available)
-There is a lot of construction going on in the condos that lasted the entirety of my stay and I was told by the host would last only a few days, but the construction workers informed me it would go on for weeks. It woke me up every single morning.
-The walls are paper thin it sounds like people are inside your apartment
When I very respectfully reached out about my issues, the host ignored my messages for the rest of my stay
Felt completely hopeless with non working wifi for my work and having lizards jump out at me. Overall, the insects where the worst part so beware booking during warm months.
Pros are
-the building staff is really kind
- the pool is beautiful
But I cannot recommend this stay and would very strongly advise to pick another place, these problems were not worth the stress on vacation