I am conflicted in writing this review. On the one hand, we had an amazing time in Eduardo's place and we would have returned as the location is great and was a great memory with our daughter. The location right on the beach cannot be beat and the area feels safe.
However, on our last day, he wrote to us saying that we left the place in complete disarray and destroyed some of his cabinets. We tidied up the house so that it was nice. We did not do a deep clean as we paid the cleaning fee for the stay. There were no instructions for how to treat the place when we left so we did not remove bed sheets or start a load of laundry or anything like that. We would have been happy to if it had been spelled out somewhere.
More importantly, we did not break anything including his cabinet. There was already some water damage present when we arrived (it is the cabinet under the sink). He also made the damage worse, took a picture and then tried to blame us. Luckily, we took pictures before we left the apartment. All I can say is that clearly he was trying to milk us for more money to replace some of his already damaged cabinets. Any renters beware that you may have to deal with this nonsense. Take pictures of the place when you arrive and before you leave.
Unfortunately, we will not stay there again. We travel to Rio every few years to see family.