We enjoyed our stay overall, the hosts were friendly, polite and helpful. The location was good as the beach was less than a 5 minute walk and had sun loungers serviced by the local bar/cafe. The bus stop is also at the beach and you can get to heraklion or malia etc. There is also a supermarket up the road which is about 25 minutes walk or you can get the bus.
Location is good for visiting historical sites in heraklion and getting tour buses to attractions in the surrounding area. It is also easy to get to from the airport as it is one bus. The host kindly picked us up from the airport and did offer to drop us back after our stay, but we caught the bus instead as we were travelling to chania before going home.
The shared front garden of the apartment was nice with seating and plants etc. The apartment itself was nice, clean and spacious. They have air conditioning aswell.
The reason for the 4 stars instead of 5 was because of some difficulty with the cooking provisions. There wasn't enough cooking utensils to make food prep easy (chopping board, chopping knife, wooden spoon, kitchen towel, oven glove etc). The freezer was not working (the fridge worked perfectly fine) the cooker did not work the best. The hobs worked okay but the oven was temperamental. This did make it harder for us to cook and prepare food to take out with us on our travels as we don't eat meat, dairy and eggs. there is not a lot of food options for us to eat out so fully self-catering was an important factor for us.
This may not be an issue for most people as you may be eating out and cooking here and there etc.
Over all we enjoyed our stay and the host were nice, and the location was good!