Great 2 months, BESIDES Tereza. Part of the charm of Rio is the sloppiness and carelessness, this is why I come here for break, for first class I go to São Paulo or Curitiba. Flat wasn't very clean, shades are broken and yellow, construction materials in the kitchen, quite old and used version of the pix on the site; the whole building is construction site. None of this is showstopper, so I hired cleaner, bought dishes and utensils(there are some but quite used) and continued on to the beach ... Until one Sunday morning at 6AM massive banging woke us up to find that the building is starting a façade repair for 4-6 months, mandated and posted 2 years ago with bid process etc. Tereza, omitted that information when I made the booking, played that she didn't know ... There is no negotiating with her in any form, her constant response is "cancel the reservation" knowing full well it's almost impossible to make reservations in late November in Rio and that she will get paid for 30 days regardless. Partner is Brazilian I'm fluent, so there were no communication problems.
Fortunately the severe torrential rains pretty much stopped the work after the first week, so our vacation did not suffer insurmountably until we left.