We booked this place well ahead of time with Nikolaos, because we needed to be in Chania ahead of a very early flight out the next morning. The day of our reservation—when we were already on our way to Chania from the south of Crete—Nikolaos sent us a message saying that the place was full and that there were no more apartments available. He gave no further explanation of how this happened; presumably, he overbooks the properties he owns and expects some people to cancel.
This created significant problems for us, as we had to scramble to find and pay for a new Airbnb on just a few hours notice. Nikolaos was of no real help; he simply sent us less-convenient places on Booking.com and offered to book them for us if we let him keep the money we had already paid. (We could have booked these places ourselves, and they cost less than Nikolaos's place—meaning he would pocket the difference in rates himself.) We were fortunately able to find a place last minute, without Nikolaos's help. Even after we found a new place, Nikolaos stopped responding to messages we sent asking him to cancel our reservation. Eventually, I had to call Airbnb to have them cancel it themselves.
I'm sure that Nikolaos's place is nice, but I cannot recommend this place based on our experience. The listing was deceptive, the last-minute cancellation created a lot of stress, and Nikolaos was not helpful during the process. I have never had an experience like this on Airbnb, and I hope others do not face the same problem.