I stayed in George's flat for nine months, and truly enjoyed my time there. It has everything you need: a big bed at the top and enough living space to be comfortable, a well-equipped kitchen, a perfect patio providing shade, overlooking the animals and which is regularly visited by cats. A twenty minute walk to the sea and the closest supermarket, which has most of the things one may need, good bus connections to Heraklio (at least during the summer months), beautiful surroundings, a gorge close by (thirty to forty minutes walking), rooftop to watch the stars or moon or to soak up the sun before the sun gets too hot. George's parents Fofo and Nikos are incredibly lovely and brought me Cretan dishes, vegetables, eggs, fruit, the whole bit. Very grateful for this hospitality. The dogs are lovely (though we always have our favourites and some we like less, and who also like us less), especially a little black, happy, energetic dog called Foun. If you have a car you can get to beautiful places on the South coast in just over an hour, so the place is very suited for exploring the region (as well as Lasithi and I guess parts of Rethimno). The only downside is that the hot water is not always reliable.
Either way, I couldn't recommend the place more.