Our stay altogether was very pleasant the place is really good if you want to have an authentic Portuguese holiday as the area itself confines itself from tourists, You can indulge yourself with local "Pasterleria" in the area I recommend to go to "Confeitaria Pampulha" for breakfast and "A Zona" for Dinner.
The check in was easy as long as you have means to contact Francisco so he can remotely unlock the gate for you, alternatively he can give you a link for a web-app to be able to do the same.
The room was very spacious double bed, storage spaces, a tv, a private shower and a balcony although you wont really have much of a view as there is a very tall wall just across. There is also a shared kitchen complete with plates, cutleries, kettle, and a coffee maker
My only gripe about the place is the shower and the shower curtains, while the shower gives an amazing amount of pressure it is hard to mix the hot and cold water coming out sometimes the H/C cuts off randomly and comes back again after a couple of seconds, the shower curtains wont keep the water in due to the strength of the shower every shower you will find that the floor...
All in all I like the place and hope to come back again in the future, Francisco is a very helpful person and communication is really good.