Location of the house was more than perfect, just a couple of steps from beach and all the shopping places. Host was more than super nice and gave me courage to travel and see the world! She was like inspiring role model to me and made me relax and not to be afraid in Rio! :) Everything I needed was ready in the apartment when I arrived and owners even ordered me private transportation from (and to) airport, that was safe and awesome after a quite long flight. Biggest minus was that I'm quite easy person to wake up if there is noise, cos view of house is to the street, I woke up middle of the nights cos some people were shouting, even I had earplugs. Also there were some problems with kitchen lights and water was leaking from one plum, though I stayed so small time that those problems didn't bother me so much and seemed soon to be fixed. But otherwise excellent experience, totally safe, nice and perfect for getting to know Rio, there were even map and tour informations waiting for me! I would recommend to everyone! :)