Sooo im totally impressed about the city and the place i stayed...
First of all its super safe, its very important where you rent an apartment in Rio. We didnt have any bad experience in 3 weeks.And there is a lot of paranoia included about this city...if you will be careful and not walk around drunk in suspicious areas you wont have any trouble.
Apartment has the best location,its in the middle of copacabana and you can walk to ipanema or take a bus (2 stations) or taxi...copa is cheaper to rent so thats another good reason to stay here.
Apartment is fantastic,its not new,but all the apartaments in copacabana are like that.but its very nice and you have all that you need.
Brazil is not europe or America,so if there is no water or eletricity for couple of hours just dont panick or be mad about the host,thats life...
Ahmed is great host and he can help uou a lot with the tips and also his friend Yann.
Apartment is 100m from the beach,you have all kind of shops and restaurants near by.bus station infront of the building and metro just 5 min away.whenever i come back in Rio i ll stay at the same apartment...and soon i hope i ll buy an apartment in this beautiful city ;)