Really cool house in a great location. You have a relative quite beachfront location and still the Zona Sur of Rio is very accessible. Unfortunatelly the Avenida Niemayer was closed when we stayed so were not many buses running but this should be resolved soon. Even without buses it is just a 10 minute walk to Leblon and the first bike share station which are the best mean of transport in Rio!
We had some problems with mold in our apartment 5 which was due to the heavy rain which Rio received in this year. However Jake and his housekeeper Candido did everything they could to put us in another apartment as soon as one was available. Im the end I would rather pay a bit more and stay in one of the other apartments as the interieur is a bit nicer and you have more space.
We highly recommend to stay in Jake's house if you are looking for a quite place to explore Rio.