My family of 4 (with 2 little ones) stayed at Tiago’s place for about one month. When we arrived, Tiago had arranged for someone to be there to check us in which was helpful.
It’s a great apartment and looks exactly like it’s described in the listing.
I thought the floors could have been cleaned better because there were quite a few debris in random areas. But everything else looked clean. If you have little ones, be aware that there are many outlets and light switches within reach and areas with chipped paint that peels off.
The apartment does have a good amount of space for a long stay. Kitchen has many essentials for daily use. There is stove, oven and microwave, fridge, kettle, toaster and coffee machine. Bathroom is a decent size and my only complaint with the bathroom is that the shower door is only half a screen so when you shower, the water tends to go out and make the floor wet. There is a blow dryer too.
The sunroom is nice but definitely gets bright in the morning for breakfast so it can be hard to sit there but once the sun moves later on it’s a nice area for meals. But there is also another dining table too where you can eat.
The apartment only has 1 ac unit in the back where the sunroom is so it can get kind of warm toward the front of the apartment but there are some portable fans throughout the space so it wasn’t unbearable. Some other guests commented on the construction noise but during our stay we didn’t hear much of that. There is someone in the building or nearby that plays a saxophone which can be heard but I personally enjoyed it. We can’t speak on the smell coming from the laundry either that others mentioned because we didn’t smell anything, but then again we also didn’t use the washer and I don’t know if that makes a difference. Also note, there is not an actual dryer in the apartment but there is a drying rack and lines outside to air dry.
There’s a good amount of storage space for your belongings and two bedrooms are of decent size, the last bedroom is more of a closet size with just enough room for a bed.
The location is great! It’s maybe a 10 minute drive to bairro alto. So it’s not as loud of a neighborhood as bairro alto can be. There’s a little market literally across the street to grab some groceries too. There’s a laundromat as well and they do a fantastic job. There’s several restaurants down the street and right next door is a restaurant we went to frequently during our stay. Such good food!! Make sure to make reservations though because that place gets packed fast and it’s not that big of a restaurant. Also if you have kids, there is the cutest playground just a 4 minute walk or so and there’s a cafe right next to it where you can order pastries and coffee and just sit and watch your kids play.
It’s a really nice apartment and great for long stays. But something I didn’t even think about before booking was checking to see if it had an elevator and it didn’t. So you can imagine having to carry all our baggage up several flights of stairs. That’s my fault though. (We were on the 2nd floor according to European standards but if you include ground floor that’s the 3rd floor FYI)
Also, since we were there for so long, we were able to get his cleaning lady to clean for us once a week at a separate costs but it was reasonable.
Overall we enjoyed our stay though and Tiago is great with communicating and responds fairly soon.