The best thing about this place is its location: it's just next to Arroios's market, very close to Alameda and Alameda's metro station.
However, there were several issues that spoiled our stay:
First, there was a very bad smell in the apartment that seemed to come from pipes. I complained about this, but the host didn't offer to fix it or investigate it. Some previous reviewers complained about the smell, too. At times, it gets really intense and it's not possible to stay in the house with the windows closed.
Second, the bedroom had no blinds, making it difficult to sleep as one of the neighbours had an external light on all night. We managed to find a blind in the house that we provisionally installed. Also, out of the 6 lights in the kitchen, only one was working. I wrote to the host and they came two days later to fix it. At that point, when they were in the house, they also suggested fixing the blind, but we left the provisional fix to avoid spending time with the issue. During that visit, we also noticed that there was no electricity in the back terrace.
Finally, the description is not 100% accurate. When we booked, the description mentioned "Free street parking", but that's not really true. Parking in the area is free on evenings and weekends, otherwise it's paid. Also, the description says that soap, shampoo and toilet paper are included, but they were not initially provided. We wrote to the host about this when we arrived and they quickly brought us some small, hotel-like soaps and 6 rolls of toilet paper (our reservation was for two people for 14 days, so we obviously had to buy more paper).
If these issues did not exist, our stay would have been much better. Towards the end of our stay, we found out that we needed to stay in the area longer than expected. We ended up extending our stay due to the lack of affordable options in the area at the time and because we had a lot of stuff to carry with us. In the future, I would only stay in this place again if I were sure that all the issues mentioned were properly fixed.