Our stay at Denise's apartment was very pleasant . Everything was very clean every day , she said it was ok to get our laundry done on the day that the maid comes. Our room had a very nice view , a bathroom that was only used by us , wifi .
We only went to the apartment to take shower and sleep but regardless it was very pleasant to stay there.
It is also very easy to go from Barrinha da Tijuca to Leblon/Ipanema beach . There's a very frequent bus that takes about 20min to arrive at this beach ( which was the one we mostly attended ).
I do reccommend and thank Denise for being such a nice and available host.