Very good location - close to the beach, metro station, restaurants, grocery stores. Apartment was recently renovated and the building has friendly doormen. Overall, it was an ok stay. I visit Rio 4-5 times a year, and have found that the quality of apartments in the same price range were slightly better elsewhere. Four main issues: 1) There was an odd, strong urine smell in the bathroom during our entire stay. I noticed that the there was a ventilation area from one of the walls that went into a small room off the kitchen. The door to this room was glass and was locked. This small area is where cleaning supplies, wet rags, small mattresses, etc are kept. Perhaps the smell was coming from that room or perhaps it was an issue with the pipes. 2) There is a door off of the kitchen that is locked and has open bars at the top that cover the last 50 cm to the ceiling (free air flow to outside the apartment). This door leads to the service elevator and what appeared to be a garbage storage area. The first day, we kept thinking that other people were in the apartment. It turned out to be people entering/exiting the elevator or leaving garbage, and felt like people were in the apartment. It was odd - limited privacy in that sense. 3) Early and late check in/check out charges. I had seen on the ad that there would be charges for checking in early or checking out late, which I was ok with. We were charged 100 BRL for each extended check-in/check-out. This is equivalent to about 2/3 of the price for one night. We checked in early and late check out (200 BRL total). Amount was excessive, especially since when we checked in, the apartment was not yet cleaned, the previous guest had left their luggage in the apartment and returned to the apartment to pick up their stuff. 4) I messaged Monica several times on Airbnb regarding how to check in before receiving a reply. I had to send one final message right before we boarded our plane from Sao Paulo asking how to check in. As other reviews have mentioned, I would recommend messaging Monica several days in advance. However, during our stay in the apartment, she responded quickly to questions regarding the internet, etc, via whatsapp.