Jan was there to greet us when we arrived, and took the time to show us the apartment and recommend some local stores. He was an extremely kind and generous host! The apartment is exactly as advertised, blocks away from Ipanema day and night life (amazing restaurants, bars, gym clubs, etc...) but in a vert quiet area. Electricity bill is very expensive at check out when using A/C but Jan told us abt this on the first day so no surprise at all.