Rose was the best host you could imagine. She welcomed us warmly and sent us helpful information about Rio in advance to our trip.
The apartment was very clean and spacious, she even had some water and snacks ready for us.
The location is great, just one block from the sea and with supermarkets, local bakeries, money exchange, fruit stores, drug stores and everything else you need just around the corner. What comes with the location is some noise even during night, but as we were still lacking from jetlag we didn't bother.
Can highly recommend her apartment and would stay there again anytime.