I stayed with a friend for three nights at Maria's apartment. The place is very nice and windy, being located on the rooftop.
The apartment was a little hard to find, and with the whole building sharing the same block number but having multiple doors. However, Maria's instructions did make the place a little easier to find.
When we arrived we were greeted by Maria's mother who brought us to the apartment and gave us the keys. She was very friendly. She speaks German though, and so it was mostly my friend who knew some German who spoke with her. Later in the evening, Maria dropped by personally to make sure we had everything we needed.
The neighbourhood is a quiet residential district. It is near to a bus stop that has buses to take you into the city. The buses to the airport were frequent enough, but the ones to the port and Knossos were less frequent, and since there was no schedule we could find and there didn't seem to be a pattern as to when the buses arrived, we had to leave earlier to ensure we were not late for our ferry. However, my friend and I opted to walk back and forth from the city centre during our stay; it takes at most 45 minutes at a strolling pace.