The apartment is great! We loved to spend our last days in Rio there! It is really comfortable and well thought designed and all the different lights which can be dimmed made the place super nice. Seems like this apartment was constructed with love ;) The music station as well as the panoramic view is a big plus. When we arrived, the electricity didn't work because we had really bad weather. But already few minutes later a guy came to fix it and since I lived in another comunidade before, I know that these things can happen and you have to expect this when you decide to live in a comunidade. The stairs were a good work-out haha.
We didn't meet Simon in person, but his two friends, who gave us the key etc were super nice and available, when we had any problem.
I really regret that we didn't find this apartment before and just had a week left to stay there. When I come back to Rio, I hope it's available again :) best place to stay in the best city!