While I never met Marcia (the check in and check out were done with the doorman), she was very responsive by E-mail. The apartment is small but nicely furnished, with a good shower, good bed, and functional kitchen with a nice stove with electronic ignition (no matches required). The closet and chest were sufficient to store my clothes. The stools were not very confortabe for working on my computer on the counter for long periods so I used the chair instead. There were some minor issues with the bathroom sink and faucet which were resolved satisfactorily. The apartment is well located (close to Cinelandia metro and the VLT, with a good buffet by kilo place (Beira Mar) and a good restaurant just up the street ) but Evaristo da Veiga is a fairly busy street which can be noisy, and the apartment is across the street from the Arcos de Lapa, which can have noisy events in the evenings, but the sound proofing windows muffle most of the noises, especialy when the air conditioner is on, so noise was not usually a probblem. The Wi-fi worked well. The TV was good but did not have any foreign language channels that I could find. The curtains don't close all the way in the middle because of how they are installed. I used the clothes tree to hold the curtains closed at the bottom but there was still a small opeining at the top which let some light in. You might want to bring eye shades to wear when you go to sleep if you cannot sleep if there is light in the room.
I made some suggestions to Marcia to make the place even better, which I hope she will consider, but even so the apartment is a very good deal and I reccommend it without rerservation.