Joao and Monica are very accommodating hosts, they arranged for a private driver during our stay and full time housekeeping with light cooking as well. Joao was also able to make recommendations regarding the best location to watch the New Years Eve fireworks and was even kind enough to book the tickets for our entire group, picking them up and delivering them to the house.

The house itself is in a very safe private neighborhood just ten minutes from Leblon and apron 20min from Coppacabana. The views from all around the property are lovely and the house is well distributed. We had four children in our party and they greatly enjoyed the very child friendly pool and common rooms. The house is airy and bright, with AC in all the bedrooms. We found that it's was very sunny in the morning but the courtyard and pool are in shade by 1pm.

The house could do with some repairs, nothing major or that took away from our experience. I.E. many of the balcony doors did not lock properly, we felt very secure there so it was not a problem for us. The wood flooring in one of the small back bedrooms needs to be replaced as well.

There were dead insects in the Master Bathroom along the Windows but this is to be expected given the tropical climate. If you are a very meticulous person I would ask for a detailed cleaning before arrival to make sure you don't encounter the same issue.

All in all we greatly enjoyed our stay and would rent this property again. It was ideal for our family get away and accomodated our group very well.