Paulo was a great host and did everything he could to help make our stay easier which was much appreciated.
The views from the house were outstanding and the main swimming pool was really good.
However, given the high rate we were paying for the house, we were disappointed with how it looked compared to the photos on Airbnb. They don’t show how it’s surrounded by other properties and in particular next to a house being renovated which meant there were builders overlooking out pool and often waking us up with drilling/banging. The house and much of the facilities were well past their best, especially the kitchen which was quite shabby. Other facilities just weren’t available, such as the washing machine and dryer (although again, massively appreciate Paulo making arrangements for us to use the machine and clothes line in the next door house).
Perhaps this is typical of houses in Brazil that I might not be familiar with but we had a lot of issues with the electrics in the kitchen with the fuse tripping, and getting and maintaining hot water. Sometimes we’d run the tap for 15 minutes and get no hot water. Other times, we’d try for five, get hot water but then it would run out after a few minutes. We were conscious of not wasting water so tried our best to make-do but it was a bit of an issue when we were trying to wash-up each day. Again, give the rate we were paying, we weren’t expecting these issues.