My family and I stayed with Sofia for two weeks during August.
We had a great time on the island and found Sofia a very welcoming and attentive host.
The house which is built from stone has all that you might require during your stay;
Nohia is well placed to allow access to all the beaches in the east of Crete - places such as Balos and Falassarna are worth visits; because of the nature of the Cretan roads, short journeys take quite a long time and we didn't manage to explore as much of the island as we would have liked - the village offers an authentic Cretan experience with little in the way of tourism spoiling the place. I recommend the bakers which is behind glass doors that doesn't actually say 'baker' but we worked this out after a few days! In particular the sesame-cinnamon biscuits were a favourite with my family.
You definitely need a car to stay at the house; the closest beach is about 20 minutes, although the best places are over an hour. Sofia provided us with a welcoming buffet which was most welcome as we flew-in to Heraklion and only arrived with her after midnight; she made a lovely greek orange cake, which my family loved.
We also appreciated the complementary bottles of wine, raki and olive oil - after visiting the nearby 3,000 year old monumental olive tree we are integrating many more olive-oil products into our diet!