Andre’s place gets 4 stars for an absolutely perfect location. It’s one block from Ipanema beach in a very safe neighborhood. It is much smaller than expected and the bed was a fold out couch with extremely hard cushions (no mattress) and we woke up with a backache. The bathroom window is blocked by a cable so it can’t be closed and mosquitos can’t get in. The air conditioning worked well.
However, for the price, it would be hard to do better in terms for location.