The apartment was very clean and well designed. Being an upper triplex, (floors 3,4 and 5) you do need to do stairs, but Lisbon is a city of hills, fo climbing up and down is part of the experience.
At first, we were not sure the neighborhood was what we wanted, but soon we discovered the Mercado and several wonderful restaurants and came to love the fact that it was a neighborhood of real people, not just tourists. The location is great, too, as the Green line is near by and the subway can get you just about anyplace you want to go.