The location is perfect, across the street from the subway station and within minutes of Copacabana beach, with large choice of restaurants, stores, within easy walking distance.
The host, Jose Maria and his wife , Beatrix, were also very helpful and friendly, they picked us up from the airport upon arrival, also gave us a whole day's tour of Rio..
The apartment is located on a very noisy main thoroughfare of Rio, this was somewhat mitigated by a thick foam pad that could be installed into the window frame for the night. They never heard of double windows in Rio...
It must also be said that the apartment is quite small probably no more than 18'x16', and could feel caustrophobic if one stayed home all day..
However, we did not come to Rio to stay in the apartment all day but to watch the Olympic Games and discover the many pleasures of Rio, the most beautiful city in the world in my opinion..
Josee Maria charged a reasonable price for our one month stay especially considering that we went there during the Olympics.
All in all, good value for the money spent