Manos and his family were very nice and helpful hosts. His mother, who lives downstairs, made us a welcome meal and many treats while we stayed. They were there to help with anything we needed to know.
The home was much larger than expected and had all the necessary items. The apartment is actually on the second floor of large building and not it's own home as we thought it would be. The back patio area is down a level so is not easy to sit outside for a morning coffee. There is access to a small beach out of the side patio. The beach was nice but did contain some interesting characters at times.
There isn't anything walkable from this home but the town of lerapetra is about a 10 minute drive and has plenty of shopping and restaurants.
For exploring the SE of Crete this is a good location and we enjoyed this area of the island very much. We had planned to stay longer but the driving distances to the rest of the island were too much for day trips, even to Heraklion, so we decided to move to a few other locations on the island during our stay.