Lucio's place is a tidy compact space with new and updated amenities. Everything worked perfectly - the bed was comfortable, the blankets were lovely, the AC was super strong I just needed to turn it on for an hour and it kept my apartment cool all day. The hot water was actually hot! So it was a really great apartment overall. The location is absolutely unbeatable. It was right in the middle of Catete, just a 3 minute walk to the metro with tons of great restaurants and shopping around and just a short walk from Flamengo and Largo do Machado. As a host, Lucas also promptly responded to any problems I had and tried his best to fix them.
The only thing that marred my experience was a serious ant problem. Although the apartment looked super clean, there were ants crawling everywhere. I was bitten multiple times in my bed, sitting at the dining table, on the sofa, anywhere and everywhere. Lucas bought me some ant repellant which stopped the issue for a few days but after a huge rain, the ants were back at full force. When the problem was at its worst, in the first few days of my stay of the apartment, I had not eaten in the apartment or used the kitchen at all, so I had no idea what was attracting them. On the last few days of my stay, the internet cut out which was really inconvenient. Lucas offered to fix all of these problems, but ultimately, the stress of the lack of internet and the fear of waking up to ants in my bed made my experience less awesome than it could have been. Nonetheless I'm confident Lucas and his team will resolve this ant and internet issue and I hope the next guest will have a great stay at this nice apartment with a great location.