What an amazing place to stay! To be able to wake up and have the beach right in front of you is an absolute dream (especially coming from Iceland ;) ) Location is perfect for a family vacation. You could probably survive there without a car since there is a mini market few meters away, if you are really planning to relax but we decided to rent a car (recommend the local crete car rentals - not the big international ones) and it was a very good location also for exploring crete. We visited Matala, Agios Nikolaos, Agia Pelagia, Rethimno, Bali and of course Heraklion, it was easier than I thought to drive there and we had no problems and it was also easy to park close to the apartment.
The apartment itself was nice with the balconies definitely being the favourite. We all (six adults) slept well the whole time and there's air conditioning in all the rooms. Enough bed linen and towels for everyone.
The pool is really nice with an amazing view of course and we really enjoyed the canoes! I really didn't expect using them as much as I did, but it was great fun to explore the surroundings.
I didn't get to meet Dimitrios but he was everything you could ask for in a host. We had an amazing time at his place and we would definitely enjoy coming back someday.
I put up pictures and highlighted my crete trip on my insta gram page erlasoley if anyone wants to see what to expect from this beautiful location.