This apartment is located amazingly! Coming home everynight was a pleasure, as we'd always pause a little and enjoy the great view over the city. There is some construction going on just around the apartment, but they didn't bother us.
You need to be able to walk up the steep hill and climb some tough stairs to get into the apartment - nothing for the fainthearted after a long day out in the city.
We used the kitchen for cooking once, which worked fine. Didn't use the television (the couch might be a little small for proper lounging, but that wasn't the purpose of our trip anyways).
The communication went very well! We did get Maria's card for the nearby "businesses only"-supermarket, but without being able to speak Portuguese, the gorcery shopping there turned out a little too adventurous so we just shopped in small local shops afterwards. :D
There are multiple cats and a dog in the neighbourhood. :D