This is a perfect place for you to stay if you are a very independent polar bear. I actually really did enjoy my stay here, because the apartment was comfortable, quiet, and well stocked with all the basics. The neighborhood is very diverse and interesting, and within walking distance to tons of great food, classes, shopping, etc. But, it is not a typical air b n b experience in that no one told me anything about anything! I arrived, after walking through a pretty sketchy street full of junkies and drug dealers, lots of yelling fighting and collapsing...(I later found a different and very nice route to reach the building, up some stairs and narrow streets...but it would have been much better to know that from the start instead of being directed to walk straight through the trombadinha in the Rua dos Cavaleiros.) Upon arriving a student-age guy showed up and gave me the keys but did not tell me anything about anything. I asked him if there was a place to eat close by and he just wrote down the name of a tourist trap street that is a 45 minutes walk away, with no further instructions. I saw there was a washer and I asked him if there was a place to hang the clothes to dry and he said I would just need to improvise. Well...later I discovered a clothes rack in the house, found some good food close by, but sadly I did not discover that the apartment did have heat (from the A/C unit) until the second to last night so I froze most of the time. I will say that the RMiguel person, mysterious as the Wizard of Oz, did mostly respond to my emails, at least after 2 he sent me some sheets and a warmer blanket, and later sent someone with a somewhat functional space heater. So, if you stay here, remember two things, make sure you email quickly with any questions or issues you have, and don't walk to the metro on the Rua dos Cavaleiros unless you are nostalgic for the old Times Square of the 1980's. All in all though, I had a good experience and would still recommend it.