Rafael is a very nice person. Contact before my arrival was top.
When I landed I could fix the meeting time. Perfect !
No bad surprises when I entered in apartment : totally conform to description.
The localization is very cool. Close to the beach ( 5mn by foot ) and subway ( 5mn also ), the building is guarded 24/24, the neighborhood is calm and food stores / restaurants are close to it too !
Inside, everything worked as expected. As a French guy, I love to cook so kitchen is the place to be for me - sorry for the cliché, it's true for me !
For the checkout, same story, Rafael was very nice and even help me to find a taxi for the airport - Thanks you very much Rafael !

My four weeks stay in Rio were wonderful ... engraved in my mind for a long long time ... and Rio and its inhabitants are so wonderful, I strongly recommend you to give a try to this country and city because you will not regret it :)

Conclusion : host ( Rafael ) is nice, rent ( his apartment ) is cool too and localization is very good.