My boyfriend planned to stay one month at simons place in order to be able to train beach volleyball in Rio, what happen was that the situation in the favela got really tricky just a few days before his arrival, so that after two nights staying there and feeling the tention as soon as he left the house he unfortunately had to leave the amazing loft, he really loved the place and the view it was just because of the situation in the favela at the very moment...simon was absolutely understanding and did everything he could, I could ony recommend to stay there, it was just a bad timing and security comes first after all, but do not hesitate to stay at this amazing loft, the view is unbelievable and the place is very nice and so is simon and max his friend who does the check in and so on...