We had a great time in Creta!!!!
The apartment is tiny but perfectly equipped and had everything we needed. The view from the terasse is amazing, we even managed to get up early to see the sunrise once. The beautiful cats kept us company in the mornings and evenings!
The pool area is lovely and there are so many nice details around it, it's well kept and all was superclean!
Chris' mum Efi was available whenever we needed her, she is a worm and welcoming person and you should definitely take her recommendations (especially for food and restaurants!).
She provided us with apples from the mountains and we got to taste her self-made pastry too.
We would recommend renting a car as the house is a bit off the beaten track, restaurants and beaches can be reached in 10-15min drive. (We noted though that the public transport system is quite good around Agios Nicolaos.)
Our top choices for beaches were Plaka (a little village right after Elounda, takes about 10min by car to get there) and Mirtos (little town on the southern coast, it takes about 1hr to ge there by car, a little longer if you take the road from Istron to Anatoli and cross the mountains which we liked a lot!!!).