My brother and I stayed four days in one of the rooms of Yanna Stathopoulou, which is about a half hour drive from Chania airport. The place is small and simple (especially the bathroom), some of the staff is old (like the air conditioning), but it works well.
Yanna and her husband were very helpful telling us about places to visit and arranging a car that we rent from a friend of them for 35 euros a day.
The room is small but it has a large private balcony with a view to the sea. The beach in front of it is not special. But with the car you can visit some amazing places - Elafonisi, Balos Beach, Falasarna, Kournas Lake.
Some days - when it was windy - we slept with the noise of waves, other we had the noise of the cars, because the street is in front of the rooms. Some times, the shower didn't got really warm. Because the weather was hot this wasn't a big problem.
I think would be nicer to stay even closer to the most beatiful beaches, maybe in Falassarna, but it would probably be more expensive. If you are ok with a simple and small place, I think you can have a good time in Yanna's rooms. We loved Crete.