You cannot beat the location. It’s located just steps away from the Main Street in Leblon, which is full of incredible restaurants, shops, bars, and a 24 hour supermarket. It’s one of my favorite streets in Rio.
I felt very safe in Marcos’ apartment. There is a 24 hour doorman and also a daily cleaning service. The maid was very respectful of my belongings (my belongings were always left as I left them).
The apartment itself was very well equipped. Best washing machine I’ve had in South America, strong AC, tons of extra towels, linens, toilet paper, kitchen tools, etc. The only thing that could use improvement is the shower pressure but I’m not sure how much he is able to control that.
Marcos had very good communication and also proactively disclosed that there was some construction happening during my stay so there may be some noises between certain hours. He disclosed this before he accepted the reservation which I thought was very honorable.