Comfy and clean apartment. There is a trek of 15 mins up steep Favela... you will pass guys seemingly guarding the area with guns- we passed them peacefully. We stayed 8 nights over carnival and heard no gun fire at all. If you do and it is possible as Heniz will warn you, it’s unlucky.
We enjoyed staying with Heniz- he is very helpful and friendly. He let us store our ice cream in his own freezer as the fridge provided was small and yet freezer section would not fit the ice cream. Ha ha. Heniz also gave tour advice and places to visit/ best ticket position for carnival at sambadromo, and glued my glasses and hat to fix them a few times!