Great spot, comfy apartment, Brunello is the best! We stayed for a week at Brunello's apartment and had a great time. It's comfortable (comfy bed and slept great), lots of storage space for your stuff, a drying rack in the shower for wet swim suits which was really convenient, great location (a few blocks from Posto 9 on Ipanema Beach), quiet, and safe, and close to tons of restaurants and shops. Brunello is a great host -- he was super responsive and attentive (I locked us out one day, oops! and he came to the rescue immediately). Rita (the cleaning lady) is so sweet and showed us around the apartment. As stated on Brunello's page, if he doesn't have guests the day you check in/out he'll let you have early/late check in/out, which is really generous and helpful. He's really nice and gave us recommendations for music clubs. I'd recommend staying here and would stay here again.