Alexandre was waiting for us at the apartment when we arrived, and was very helpful and had all the information we needed about Rio. The apartment was very clean and very nice remodeled, and he had some refreshments ready for us. The location at 1st doesn't look great, since it's not close to the beaches; but it turns out that all the night life of Lapa is 3 blocks away; so if you like to enjoy the bars and live samba music, it's greatly located. The only deceiving part is that the apartment is located in an old building and street; this being said, it's secure and once you are in the apartment, you forget all about it and you think you are in a really nice building.