I really want to give this place 5 stars- the house is in perfect condition, the views are as good as the pictures. My minor complaints would be that it would be nice to also have an air conditioner in the second bedroom, as most windows need to be closed to keep out the aggressive mosquitos.

The problem was that we felt (and were!) watched the entire time there by the hosts. They are very friendly, inviting us to breakfast etc., but we were constantly in trouble for very, very minor things. For example, one day a cat, which we thought was a stray, came to the porch on the opposite side from the host's adjacent house. It was a sweet cat, my children liked it, and we ended up giving it water and a bit of milk. That evening, while my husband and I were sitting on the balcony, we were not to feed to cat and it was theirs. How did they know that? Were they listening to us?

Another example was the second morning, my youngest son (nearly 4) was sweeping on the enclosed ground floor balcony off my bedroom. There was absolutely nothing for him to get in trouble there, and I was just in another room. I came in to check on him, found the host outside my balcony (again, not facing their house, so came over to our side) and was scolded for leaving him alone. This is outside my bedroom, and I was in my nightclothes still! He clearly has no idea about children and was constantly scared for them and what they could do, providing a mat so they didn't sit on the sofas, not letting them touch the balcony railings, removing the lamp from their room so it doesn't get knocked over, etc etc.

They entered the house to clean it on the 5th of 7 days, which we didn't expect. While a cleaning is nice, it should be mentioned ahead of time. They moved my suitcases under the bed from the bedroom floor, straightened our papers, etc. Very unsettling to know that someone was in your space when you didn't expect it. We weren't bad guests- when they came to "inspect" the dishes were done, trash was taken out, and yes we had toys on the floor. But isn't that our choice on holiday??

He made my husband practice parking the car, scolded us for leaving the cushions out on the balcony overnight, made sure to come over when we left a light on..... It was just too much involvement and was a source of stress for us.

SO, if you don't have young kids (even though the house is well suited and the local beach is IDEAL for them) or love to obsess about keeping someone else's house in perfect order during your holiday, rent away.