It's second time we stay at Nikos place and he's one the best host it the Heraklion and Agia Pelagia. Nikos met us at the house in person. He bring us some fresh fruits and juice for our first night during this stay.
The apartments are very well arranged: coffee machine, toaster, waffler, washing machine. In my opinion that's all you need for comfort stay.
3 minutes to the sand or pebble beaches. 3 shops with wide selection of products. Many shops for a tourists and so on.