Christophe was an excellent host. He was very prompt in his reply's to my emails before we left for Brazil which gave me a lot of confidence that the apartment would be good and that things would go smoothly.

The apartment itself was spotlessly clean and decorated by someone who clearly has excellent taste. Also, (unlike most places in Brazil) it had a hot water tap in the kitchen, not just cold water, and a dishwasher!

No one told us this before we went to Brazil, but it's really quite '3rd world' in a lot of ways - the plumbing is rudimentary......most places don't have dishwasher's and only cold taps in the kitchen which means you have to boil water on the stove if you want to clean your dishes in hot water! Also you can't flush toilet paper down the toilet. You have to put it in containers lined with plastic bags beside the toilet - even for number 2's - gross !!

The location of the apartment is great. The entrance to it is off a street that has loads of nice shops. It's also in a really safe area, close to lots of good restaurants and within easy walking distance of the beach and the metro station.
I don't think you could get a better location and not only that, the apartment was nice an quiet (something that's also hard to find in Brazil - their buildings don't seem to have much in the way of sound-proofing).

The WIFI was fast - TV was top-notch - check-in and check-out was smooth and considering there were six of us staying there, it was great to have 3 showers. Also we could all have showers at the same time without it affecting the hot water.

I only have one tiny criticism that's barely worth mentioning - the beds could do with new (& better quality) pillows.

Overall, I would say that Christophe's apartment was fantastic (especially by Brazil standards) and I would highly recommend it to anyone wanting to stay in Rio.