The room is exactly what you see in the pictures. The staircase to the upper floor is pretty steep but poses no trouble to any person with normal health. The host was quick to respond whenever we had to ask for anything, provided us with everything we needed. Very nice!

Things to consider:
- it's far from the beach (as everyone who knows where Fortezza is knows). If you want to spend each and every day there, stay nearer. Everything else on the other hand is right next door. You're already in the old town, everything is close by, Fortezza is almost around the corner, there's a nice shop and a few bakeries almost next door etc.
- You can't drive in the old town - as (again) everyone who's spent time there knows. The only way to get close is to drive around the fortezza and loop back through the only road you're allowed to drive - which goes ~30m from the apartment. We were able to find (free) parking relatively close every day. Sometimes it took a bit more driving, sometimes we just were lucky to see a single free spot to park our car. There are paid parking lots nearby also, one of them very close but they are a bit expensive.
- Because of the previous there IS some noise from the traffic. Both on the street that is the only outlet from the place as well as the locals buzzing around the old town right past your door on their scooters. They do keep quiet between roughly midnight and 8am and _WE_ didn't have any problems with that but if you require double earplugs and complete silence, keep looking. Then again, you might want to avoid the whole of Greece in that situation. :D There are more quiet places in the old town, but they are a lot more expensive.
- Our biggest problem was the bathroom: There really isn't a good place to dry your towels and other beachwear / gym equipment anywhere. We did what we could but because it's an old house the ventilation just doesn't work as it should and especially the bathroom was constantly damp-ish. One reason for that is the shower floor which is slanted the wrong way so you need to spend a while getting all the water out of there after the shower. The other is that the only way to have any air circulation is to keep the bathroom door open.

Pay in mind: None of these were really big issues for us. The last one might've been a bit more problematic had we stayed more than 4 days, the others are just notes for those who are oversensitive on such issues.

All in all, I would recommend this place for pretty much everyone. In Crete standards the bed is better than average. The location is nice, everything works and the hostess is wonderful. =)