We stayed for 6 weeks in the apartment, and enjoyed our stay. Much due to the location - very quiet street and lots of good bars and restaurants nearby as well as 10 minutes walking to Praia Leblon and good places for running. The apartment is comfortable, but the kitchen is not for those who enjoy cooking as it is a classical Brazilian service kitchen, without any real social aspect to it. Communication with the host was complicated and not very hospitable, for example there are many cabinets that have ribbons on them that are off limits for guests. Despite using glasses from a cabinet that did not have a ribbon on it we were reprehended, something that also happened when we decided to move a big statue down on to the floor so we would not risk toppling it over and break it. At one time we forgot to leave money for the cleaning lady (totally our mistake) and tried to offer 3 different solutions to the problem, but were instead met with a lecture about the hardships of the "underclass" of Brazil and what a problem we had created. These few communication mishaps did put a dent in our experience.