The location is super excellent. There is no doubt about that. The apartment was quite nice and as described. The view of the Christ and mountains was quite special. Marcello was traveling, so he had his friend Vieri check me in. I have local friends and that was very helpful since Vieri couldn't speak English. Therefore, communication could have been an issue if I didn't get help from my friends. The one and only significant issue had to do with a broken dining room chair. On the first day I sat on the chair and it broke. One of the legs of the chair wasn't welded properly and I fell to the floor when I sat down. I barely escaped injury. During checkout I had to pay Marcello 50 Reals since he wanted me to help him out. Not sure why. This was somewhat shocking since the broken chair wasn't my fault. I just didn't want to deal with the issue and paid Marcello, whose English wasn't great and I didn't want to drag out the checkout process. I think he understood that I almost hurt myself since I acted it out, but it didn't seem like he was concerned about it. 50 Reals is around 13 dollars, so not a lot. Hence I was surprised that Marcello wanted me to help him out with getting the chair fixed. As a good businessman and host he should have offered some form of consolation to me instead of wanting me to pay him for the minor damage that wasn't my fault. I think he is a nice guy and people renting from him should not have a problem. Maybe if we could have communicated properly he would have not asked me to pay him. It was a small amount and I definitely should not have been asked to pay for it. It did leave me somewhat unsatisfied and disturbed. Other than this minor incident I had a great time at the apartment. Rio is an amazing city.