As a very experienced (and preferably upscale/luxury bookings) Airbnb user, I can honestly say that the experience with the villa and Igor couldn't be better.
Communication with Igor was always fast, positive and extremely helpful. He welcomed us upon arrival with a basket of fruits and already bought some water bottles for the fridge. He has kind of an 'ecological mindset', which is great in those times, and he showed us how to keep the villa cool in a natural way without air condition (but we used air con nevertheless a few nights when it was super hot).
The villa has unbeatable views to the sea and landscape and houses around is. As you are top above other houses, you feel 95 % private "from looks" on the pool (and of course 100 % inside the house). The interior is modern and stylish with a Russian twist (Thomas, the owner has Greek-Russian roots). We are from Berlin with a European taste and we really liked it - extensive and expensive use of marble, high quality bathrooms and furniture and really EVEYTHING you need (from towels to shampoos …).
The villages around Almyrida are "typical" and nice, Almyrida's waterfront is touristic, but has at least a few very nice restaurants. Of course it cannot be compared with the upscale choice of restaurants and bars of Chania (which is a 40 minutes drive from the villa). But as you won't find a cool villa like this in Chania, it was worth staying in Almyrida.
We rented a motorboat and had it over night in the port of Almyrida (even there Igor helped us to our surprise to anchor the boat as he's there most of the daytime … as a sailing instructor?).
100 % recommended. Spasibo, Igor, for everything!