Phil and Megan's place is right behind the main street through Placencia, surrounded by traffic and other houses, which we were not expecting - neither did we understand that other people would be renting other areas in the house. In short, we were not expecting to be in a guest house, we thought it was just us and the hosts upstairs from us.
However, with all the windows shut and the AC on full we could not hear any noise. I think being in the busyness and tourism of Placencia was a shock after our eco lodge in San Ignacio, with just the sounds of the jungle around us. Clearly this was not the hosts' fault, so if you want a busy beach town and an apartment at a very reasonable price, I would recommend staying here. The beach is a few minutes' walk and the pool looked lovely, although we did not use it. Megan baked us some homemade sourdough, which was delicious toasted with some guava jam from the supermarket across the street.