The furnishings are very nice and modern. Selva was there on time to meet us and took the time to explain everything and share tourist tips.
We experienced two days of no water in the apartment for hours, so we could not shower or use the toilet when needed. We had to go to a nearby hotel. Management apologized, but did not compensate us for this major inconvenience. They mentioned the building had their own backup supply when the city shuts water down, but it did not come to our unit.
It was a shock to come out to the pool area one morning after waking up to find the front door open. When we went to close it, we found workers bringing in a wood panel. We should have been notified by management that someone would be coming by. It made us wonder who all has keys to the apartment, especially when the doors to the individual units do not lock and there is no safe to put valuables. We also were not notified when housekeeping left supplies out and towels still in the wash and had to contact management to find out what happened. When she came back the next day, she did not finish cleaning, only folded the towels and left. We were also charged for towels that had makeup stains on them. We don't have issues with removing stains in the US. Surely, adding a little bleach to the wash or detergent would have done the trick, however we paid a lot of money for new ones anyway.
Also, after talking to other people while we were there, they said that Copacabana is not the safest neighborhood and Ipanema would be a better place to stay next time.