I stayed with my mum and adult sister for a week. We had an incredible time at Georgios' place, which is a few steps away from the sand beach. There are very hip beach bars around, with cool music and good food. One of them has a pool for public use, if you order drinks or food. Generally there are lots of restaurants and small supermarkets just a few minutes walk away. We went there end of May and were happy that the beach wasn't crowded at all.
Georgios is very responsive and helps you any way he can. My sister had a very bad sunstroke on the second day (- take care, when its windy, you don't feel the heat) and he drove us to the hospital and talked to the doctors to make sure everything is taken care of...we were super grateful!
We highly recommend this place if you look for something in this area of Crete. Heraklion airport is less than 20 minutes away by taxi. There is also a good bus connection.