The house is in a great location, a 30-45min drive to all of west cretes attractions. The village it is in doesn't have a taverna but it's a short drive to a number of surrounding villages, at first I thought this a drawback but it got us out exploring.
The house is great, amazing views around. The only comment I have is there are a lot of steps to the house and pool so if you are not that mobile it wouldn't be ideal.
Communication with the host was easy and lota of lovely fruit and food was left for us which was a great touch.