The location is amazing, and the rooftop balcony that used to be included with this listing was incredible. The presence of a decent speaker and absence of a television was nice. That said, there are so many issues here it can no longer be recommended.
Issues we encountered:
* The neighbor has COVID symptoms and does not wear a mask.
* The neighbor is a yeller. This could be a problem if you're a light sleeper, because she yells a lot, presumably at her husband.
* The neighbor entered our apartment without permission (how did she get in? Not clear, possibly the very insecure key box, perhaps the host gave her a key, I don't know) without a mask to yell in our faces in a language she knew we did not understand. She established we did not know Portuguese, refused to use a translation app we offered her, and just kept yelling, after we politely tried to understand her issue. Yelling in our faces. With COVID symptoms. Without a mask. In our apartment.
* When we brought this issue up with the host, he accused *us* of being rude, which happens to be untrue, but even if we had been rude...she entered our apartment and got up in our faces with COVID symptoms. With zero communication to us, he apparently complained to AirBnB and got our reservation cancelled on zero notice. We moved out when we said we would, as conscientiously as we would anywhere else, cleaning up, doing dishes, etc....and he cut off the power to the apartment!!! And with it, the WiFi, so we didn't have a way to contact AirBnB or run the dishwasher, vacuum, etc.
* When we checked in the first time, the place was completely uncleaned: dirty beds, hair everywhere, dirty dishes, etc. The host then blamed the cleaning people for its unreadiness, and sent them. The cleaning service he sent filled the cupboard with dirty dishes instead of washing them. Host refunded the cleaning fee, and we were cool about it.
* The place was renovated to look trendy in a down-market way, badly. As in, the workmanship is poor. You see this in the refrigerator installation, which doesn't really fit, effecting the operation of the doors, in the hooks that fall off the utility panel near the entryway, and the electrical sockets that hang out of the wall with exposed wires and contacts.