Apartment was in a good location in Ipanema near the metro and the beach. The street is fairly busy so always felt safe walking on the main street back home even late at night. The apartment itself is very clean and spacious. Was very easy to coordinate with Raul even though I never met him in person, the keys were waiting for me with the building porter. Only things I would note is the building isn't the most luxurious (typical of many buildings in Brazil), but that didn't matter as the apartment itself and location were very great, and the A/C was a bit loud (the one in the living room, the one in the bedroom was quite enough) but also not a big deal. The wifi speed was great (10 MB download speed) and very stable.