We were with a group of 3 and stayed for 3 months.
We work as digital nomads, mostly in a co working but also at home a lot.
Wifi:
In the beginning we had no issue with the wifi. My friend did have some issues that the wifi would stop working sometimes.
At the end of the 3 months I also started to experience that issue. It would stop randomly and get back on 2 minutes later. This would happen multiple times on a day. The speed of the wifi was okay to work with but became slower later on. I use wordpress a lot and after a while I could not do anything anymore because of the wifi.
Overall the apartment is nice. The kitchen/living room was a bit small for 3 people.
Noise levels:
Noise from the street. It’s mostly people screaming like being at a football match.
In the bigger room you can hear the neighbours very clearly and in the smaller room you don’t really hear the noise.
The walls in the apartment are very thin so when you have a normal conversation in for example the livingroom, the person in the smaller room is able to hear that very clearly.
In my opinion this was more annoying than hearing the noise from the street.
There is some sort of night club close by and every Saturday and Sunday there is a fight happening in front of your door. The people were never aggressive to other people, only to each other. We did not get the feeling that they wanted to fight people walking past them, so I wouldn’t worry about that.
Kitchen:
Unfortunately not fully equipped, it missed basic utensils like a scissors, coasters to put hot pans on, sharp knifes, pans that were not used (the ones we had almost fell apart) , a cooking station that works properly.
We got a cooking station with 2 pits. Only 1 of the pits worked.
Bedrooms:
The bedrooms were nice. The mattresses were very sturdy and good.
The windows were not that isolated so when it became colder in oktober/november, you could feel a cold breeze from the windows. The windows in both bedrooms were not able to lock. This seemed a bit unsafe.
They are equipped with a heater/AC, which is very nice.
The bigger rooms is the right size for sharing it with 2 people but with the smaller room I am not so sure.
Bathroom:
The bathroom is also very small and the boiler for the shower is empty after 20 min of showering. Even faster if you use the rain shower.
Building:
The building was okay, nothing special.
The elevator works but when we arrived it had some issues, so I wouldn’t depend on it.
Location
Great location! It’s right at the end of Santa Catarina street, so you are surrounded by food places and shops. The noise of the street is not a problem if you are used to big cities.
Problem solving:
When the cooking station broke we got a repair man visiting us that didn’t speak any English. He was very nice and we used a translator to talk to each other. but the solution was bad. We got another cooking station that was used and had the same issue. We could only use one of the pits
We would have preferred a new one straight away because we already had a broken one to begin with.
Overall:
The apartment was okay, and the help that we got was also okay, but there are still many things that need to improve before I would suggest it to other people that want to stay long term. It is also too small for 3 people.
It might be perfect for people that only want to stay a few weeks. And also if they could fix the wifi it might also be a good place for digital nomads because of its central location.