Patty's house was an old, but very nicely renovated stone villa. It is ca. 15 minutes walk from the center of Almyrida, but the quiteness and the view to the sea gives you a compensation for every day drive/walk to the center. The house is clean, very well equipped (I love to cook, I found almost all the necessary utensils), air conditioned and equipped with washing machine. It is really ideal for a family of five as three children can sleep in the main living room, while parents can have a seperate double room. The host even changed the bed-linen during our stay.
The only negative I may mention that it is relatively difficult to drive due to the steep, narrow and curvy pathway, but you can also park 50 meters away from the house, if you struggle with that. It was not a problem for me to drive next to the villa, but I can imagine it to be a problem for less experienced drivers (Crete is not for medicore car drivers anyway).