You take the good with the bad if you stay here
First the positive:
The location is ideal, at the top of one of the small streets leading down from the main street of the picturesque Topana quarter to the harbor.
The roof terrace has a nice swing seat, sun and a view of the rooftops (but not the harbor).
None of the following defects are the fault of the helpful and welcoming manager, Aikaterini, who took us on a walk around Chania.
But the owner, who lives in California, needs to fix the plumbing. Toilet paper cannot be flushed down the toilet, but must be put in the trash with other garbage in a bag to be placed outside the street door. Aikaterini told us this is universal in Greece; but it was not so in any of the three places we later stayed in, which cost about the same as this flat.
The apartment's three main rooms are spacious and handsome, though rather bleak. The bathroom is truly tiny. The owner might add to the furniture, which is sparse. He also should attend to details such as the shower curtain rail, which is about to come out of the wall and slopes so that the curtain won't stay in place.
The apartment is the upper of two in the building, up two flights of sharp stone steps (intimidating in low light).
The apartment is not "sunny" as described. On the north side, the kitchen window and french window to the small balcony look into the street; the three smaller windows elsewhere open into yards and admit limited light.
The toilet paper issue made us miserable enough that we left after two of the five nights we had paid for.