The location is great. Lapa is a lovely district out of the tourist crowd. But while the place could have been a little gem; we have been fairly disappointed. The garden is the main reason why we should the appartement. However, the grass have not been cut for a long time and we couldn’t even walk in it. The owners proposed to have a gardener stopping by but only at 8am or 7pm (not possible with our baby). When we arrive, there was no one to welcome us and the bathroom was not accessible. They quickly fixed the problem though. The apartment in itself is « charismatic » but you can feel the owners haven’t take care of it in a very long time: humidity traces, bathroom and kitchen were not clean etc.