Paulo's place is a really nice, garden level apartment. Feels very new. It's in a quiet neighborhood very very close to the a terrific central metro line. We loved staying in a quieter spot and appreciated still being within great ease of everywhere we wanted to explore (also local restaurants are delicious- you don't have to get on the metro to eat breakfast, lunch, dinner). It was also nice to have a grocery story only a few doors down. The space is big and comfortable and has a super nice shower! Two negatives, the bathroom door is noisy (woke us up opening and closing the door in the night) and we had ants that showed up at night from the back door- trailing into the kitchen (we are very clean and cleaned the space but they returned). Paulo was very responsive about the ant problem and offered to handle it immediately. He was a thoughtful host. I am sure that will be addressed swiftly. The apartment was VERY clean (other than the ants) and it was a great comfortable stay. I would return!