About the apartment, it's clean, spacious and although the building is a bit dated everything works as it should. So exactly what we were expecting after reading the other reviews here and looking at the pictures.
It's situated in a fairly quiet neighbourhood that feels safe which was important to us since we were traveling with kids. The Leblon beach is at walking distance as well as the lagoon which has some decent lunch or dinner options.
Diogo was easy to coordinate with and very responsive. He also provided some groceries which was a nice touch!