Max’s place is a unique one to stay at in Rio de Janeiro. In midst of the city you’ll have a cosy hideout to chill and relax. There’s a small community close by to get some groceries and also to order homemade Brazilian dishes. You have to descend in order to get to stores banks etc in laranjeiras but u can easily walk down or take a uber for about RS8
Santa Tereza is convenient if u wanna kind of stay centrally to everything. So, distance to the city centre or to the beaches of Copacabana and Ipanema is more or less the same.
Internet in the chalé is kind of bad but it’s no problem to use the better signal in front of the main house. I was able to do zoom calls there.
Wish you all a pleasant stay.
Stay safe and sound everyone!