(+) Perfect location, just 5 minutes from Copacabana beach and 10 min from Ipanema beach. Supermarket, bakery, coffee shop, restaurants - you can find everything around the apartment building.
(+) Fresh apartment renovation with new furniture, 2 air conditioners, 2 new big TVs, all what's needed in the kitchen + microwave, blender.
(-) Bad Wi-Fi connection and low internet speed. Wi-Fi and internet signal interruptions. Some webpages just didn't open up for minutes.
(-) Strangely working water hot/ cold in the sink in the bathroom. When you turn on the hot water it takes up to 20 seconds to get it, it lasts for a couple of seconds and then switches back to cold. Very uncomfortable. Probably due to the boiler's specifics but maybe some tuning could be done or/ and specific instructions on how to use the water could be shared.
(-) There's been a water leak in the above apartment 1-2 weeks ago. The owner of the above apartment was in the middle of fixing this during our visit. That was uncomfortable as the water was leaking out of the wall in the apartment we rented as well as from the hood.
(-/+) Due to high humidity in the apartment (not sure if because of local climate or because of the above flooded apartment, or both) our towels were never dry even though we turned on the air-conditioning. Good that at least we had 2 pairs of big towels.
(-) There's been mold on the wall in the bedroom, and on the sealing at the kitchen.
(-) There was no real blanket and no duvet cover/ cotton case to cover the blanket. We had to put a short sheet under the coverlet with which the bed was made, because it was cold to sleep without a blanket.