Richard as a host was very helpful and responded quick to our messages. The appartement was clean and fully equipped, although there was no espresso maschine as seen in the pictures. Some things are a bit raddled, too. e.g. we had some problems with the sink in the kitchen (the water drained off really slow). The house in general is an architects dream with a patio with palm trees. Leblon is calm and nice and offers many options for restaurants etc. All in all we really enjoyed our 6-night stay at this appartement. I can recommend it.