Our host Yiannis was very friendly and helpful. The homemade lemon cake, baked by his mum, added to the warm welcome. The apartment was lovely, as described in the listing. Recently decorated, it was clean, tidy, practically organised and everything worked. Plenty of storage space for clothes in the bedroom, and for foodstuffs in the kitchen for those who want to cook.
Rethymno old town was a very short walk away from the apartment. We (mum, dad, daughter of 13 and son of 10) liked Rethymno far more than Chania. Rethymno looks like people actually live there - in the evening there are people hanging out in the streets outside their houses. Many of the narrow streets are well looked after with plenty of pretty flowers, trees and plants. And there are plenty of old buildings and reminders of the Venetian and Turkish past too. Chania felt much more of a commercial tourist town full of shops and more run-down.
We loved our stay in Yiannis' apartment and would happily go back to stay there again. When we left a precious hat behind, Yiannis went out of his way to try and help us retrieve it.