This apartment is in my favorite location in Rio. Great building- perfect neighborhood. Also a very functional apartment- the water filter, washer, Nespresso maker all make for a very comfortable stay.
A couple of things went wrong during my stay- the closet door fell off, hit me on the head and the glass cracked. I was a little surprised they asked me to pay for the damaged door when it was only damaged because it had injured me. Also, the air conditioning broke, and the host was extremely difficult about fixing it- insisting the AC tech could only come during one time frame when I had a conference call scheduled. In the end had to go without AC.
The host only wanted to communicate in WhatsApp, mostly via voicemail and in Portuguese. I think it would have been a better experience if I'd only communicated on the Airbnb app.