The apartment is bright, with windows to both sides: in the bedrooms, and then floor-to-ceiling in the living room. In terms of location, it's in a generally commercial area, Boavista, so there's not a lot of activity at night, although there's a small fair in the center of the nearby Rotunda de Boavista. There is a reasonable selection of restaurants in Boavista. The main tourist attractions in Ribeira are a 25-30 min walk away, fine if you have got the time.
Although there's a parking space in the garage below the apartments, it is exceptionally tight getting into the car park. We damaged our mid-size SUV scraping it against the wall on the very narrow turns. We're used to narrow carpark spaces in Hong Kong, but this was particularly tight. I would only recommend parking if you have a compact or small car. Otherwise there is parking on the street, buying tickets at the meter.