This is an apartment with a GREAT location, with great views both to the Corcovado and the Pao de Açucar. It's big, it has 4 rooms and 4 bathrooms, 2 terraces, a kitchen, a laundry area, a dining room and a nice living room.
Having said that, we had some issued with the place that could've made the experience much better:
The place is in need of renovations in many areas, especially the kitchen (a top cabinet fell apart as soon as we opened it) and the bathrooms (one toilet seat cover was completely broken).
The apartment is listed for over 10 people, we were a group of 11, however, there weren't enough plates nor silverware for over 6 people. We had to eat pasta with spoons and whatever we could find, or sometimes just take turns. We contacted William about this issue but got no reply whatsoever on this matter. We ended up buying new silverware from a store nearby.
HOT WATER ISSUES. So getting hot water in the shower was a problem. The water heater seems to no to be adequate for so many people because it run out pretty quickly. I couldn't finish taking a shower with hot water since it lasted sometimes like a minute. We contacted William about this issue as well and he told us to just turn it on and off. We did that but sometimes during a shower you had to turn it on like 3 times for just one shower. It was very annoying.
Limited WIFI. The wifi in the apartment works fine, but it only reaches half the apartment (the social areas). There is no wifi whatsoever in the bedrooms (except for the room in the attic since it's located on top of the social areas). There is supposed to be a second wifi router (it's listed on the board that has the passwords) but William told us that there was actually no second router.
We go to Rio every December and we always rent a place. Can't really say we're demanding or ask for much (just what's advertised), and this would be the first time that I don't write a great review, but I want to be honest about it and have people know exactly what they're getting. The fact that William didn't seem willing to give us a hand with some issues was dissapointing. So if you have some problems with the place, don't expect to have them fixed.
If you don't mind dealing with those issues, then it's a great place to rent. Like I mentioned before, it has a GREAT location in Copacabana, and the place is big though a bit dated. Some needed renovations would make the place great.