We had a very great time at the apartment. At the beginning we had some issues with the electricity but the communication with Max via WhatsApp worked smoothly and he fastly could send us someone who fixed everything. We really liked the apartment and the great location with a beautiful view on the sea. Furthermore, the beaches Ipanema and Copacabana can easily be reached by foot - that's great!
Although we have some points which should be considered. In our opinion the sleeping sofa is really hard. Therefore we switched after the first night to the air mattress. Moreover, the reliability and performance of the WiFi was heavily changing - sometimes it was really fast such that we could watch YouTube, on other days it did not work at all or was very slow. But this might be owed to the location (favela). Lastly, it should be mentioned that downstairs there's a bar which plays bassy music on Weekends such that people with a light sleep might have drop off problems.
Pros
+ Location (near to ipanema and copacabana beach)
+ View from the apartment
+ Modern style of the apartment
+ Washing machine with dryer
+ HiFi with Bluetooth and Cinch for music playing
Cons
- Sleeping sofa is really hard and uncomfortable
- Often slow or non-working WiFi
- Loud party music (bassy) on Weekend nights