Short version: This is a fantastic place to stay!

Long version:
Great location, great room, great host. Seriously, what more can you ask for on AirBnB? The appartment is in a nostalgic house with high ceilings, a cool little evelator and a slightly grumpy guy in the lobby. Renatos place has wooden floors, nice furniture, nice bathroom with abig shower, a little kitchen with everything you need and a living room with (cable?) TV. Everything was very clean and orderly.

The appartment is very conveniently located: 2 min. to a reasonably large supermarket, 5 min. to Praca General Osorio (where Metro and all major bus lines meet), 10 min. to Ipanema beach, 10 min. to Copacabana. There is a little pub (Casa dos Marujos) right opposite and a 24h supermarket 5 min. away; and yet the neighbourhood is quiet and friendly.

Renato is a great(!) guy and was very friendly and helpful from the start, including upfront communcation by e-mail. Even though he claims his English is not very good, we were able to discuss politics and many other topics, with some occasional help by Google Translate or a Skype call to his girlfriend who speaks good English. Renato went out of his way to help me to sort things out or get recommendations for tourist things, he even walked me to the airport bus - you cannot ask for a more helpful host.

Renato, I wish you all the best and hope you will many more happy visitors - thanks a lot for the great time!