We arrived on Monday 2nd of August we were met at the port punctually -I asked the driver if we could quickly pick up some groceries for the house and he replied yes fine ( incidentally this is the first time in many years of travelling in Greece that we were charged €5.00 per person to be collected ) - We were dropped in front of the house - no explanation given about the facilities and for getting around in the island - the heat was overwhelming - we soon found out that the AC was not working and even worse the fridge would not cool - I wrote to the host and the reply was that since Saturday there had been a problem with the power supply on the island that someone had gone to the mainland to try and solve the problem - we patiently waited- no one offered to deliver some fresh water or some fans to make the situation at least bearable - if the problem was evident on a Saturday since we were arriving on a Monday , it would have been at least fair to inform us of the power shortage . This would have also avoided us having to throw out all the food we bought - needless to say under the circumstances we could not have breakfast or cook a meal in the house - no one bothered to follow up with us on the following days - we had to insist to get some fans - it was over 30 degrees Celsius and no breeze at all- for 4 nights we had to sleep out on the veranda .
While we understand that the power shortage was not the owner’s fault -it’s the way this was handled was not at all fair and professional - communication lacking , no compensation offered and little genuine concern was shown -no cleaning during a 4 night stay -we had to request fresh towels - the independent house - not exactly a Villa , is a one pleasant large room with a veranda in a nice position in a compound with similar properties - restaurants in Gavdos have generators since it seems that power shortages are not infrequent -since Consolas has several houses and studios they could perhaps consider investing in a generator in case of power shortages .