Alan's apartment is beautiful, open, bright, and airy. Everything feels new and updated. Clearly he's invested a lot to make the apartment comfortable, peaceful and clean. Rooms, bathroom/shower were fantastic
The apartment and building were very quiet and safe, which combined with the strong air conditioning made it easy to sleep at night. Alan was kind enough to let us use the washing machine in the apartment, which worked really well
The location in Leblon is unbeatable. 5 min walk to the beach, grocery store, restaurants, botecos, and 2 malls. We really liked having proximity to the malls so we could take our daughter there to walk around on rainy days
Kitchen was great but for future guests it's helpful to note that it is "open-air" so it remains very hot in the summer. I understand this is common in Rio. That said, a door closes to the living room so the main part of the apartment remains cool from the air conditioning
Overall, I highly recommend staying here.