Lais and Delis were very responsive and went out of their way to make me feel comfortable. They moved a table into the guest room for me to work, which was nice.
I would say this is a good place for a budget traveler who isn’t too picky and doesn’t mind staying somewhere out of the main city center or zona sul.
The only thing I wasn’t a big fan of was the sounds of loud motorcycles on the street (the room’s window faces it, so you’ll prob need ear plugs) and the fact that many Ubers won’t go right up to the door because it’s the very, very beginning of a windy road and they say it’s a “comunidade”, or favela. I was fine walking to and from the house, however, and just a few streets away there are tons of shops and businesses, as well as the Tijuca shopping mall.