I've been booking through my husbands account for a long time and I thought I'd open my own for our Sth America trip. We normally book a place based on overall reviews and mainly for the cleaniness and quietness. We were very impressed by the reviews Neto's place and people raved on how clean and quiet the place was so we did not hesitate to book.
Unfortunately the place did not meet the above in any way, not even close. We love pets ourselves but if you are going to rent out a room to paying guest the pets should be either trained or perhaps guests should be informed that they poo and wee all over the apartment. Our room was really smelly with urine and so was the whole place. The rugs in our room were so smelly we had to put them under the bed, and for some reason the inside of the wardrobe also smelt quite bad. My husband went to the loo at 5am one morning and stepped on poo bare footed. He had to shower, remove the mat and clean the floor before removing the mat to the laundry. Later that day the floor had not been mopped, just a new mat provided. There was no apology or mention of the incident. The small dogs are also not the quietest.
Location of the apartment is very convenient, I can see how this would appeal to many visitors to Ipanema or Rio in general. Location and safety is the only thing this place has got going for itself, that is it.
Overall not a great experience, and it has made us a bit skeptic on reviews people leave behind. If you are after a clean and quiet place we feel this is not for you; however if you want a place to just simply leave your bags and don't mind anything and are here to just party then it's def for you. We do not mean to be harsh in any way, just plainly honest.