We had a wonderful staying at the apartment! Leblon is lively and the place is safe and conveniently located close to the beach, markets, bank, restaurant and anything else you need. I was happily surprised to find an awesome workout program at the beach right by the apt! Our host was friendly, helpful, efficient and promptly responded to all our inquiries. The noise street noise bothered us, and on top of that, theres was construction in the building and on the street right below us. That was certainly disappointing, but at least they limited the construction to 9:00am to 4:00pm. I understand the owner plans to replace the windows soon and I'd say double pane windows would greatly improve the apartment. In general, place would certainly benefit from an upgrade: we had a couple of issues during our stay, but Jan promptly took care of them.