The house is really lovely as I'm sure you've seen from the other reviews. I'll try to cover a few different things here. The air conditioning worked really well as far as we were concerned. Even if it was boiling and we were out all day when we came back the house was still cool and fresh even without it having been on. The terrace is mostly east facing which means you get sun on it in the morning but not in the afternoon or evening - you don't want sun on it in the afternoon and evening. It's better shaded then. We thought the location was perfect. Steps off the harbour and what seemed to be the nicer quieter side of the harbour with nicer restaurants. If you don't want something fancy and sit down try Pork to Beef Wild around the corner and on the next corner. Terrific grilled pitas and meats and very inexpensive. We didn't get a chance to try it but there is also a very nice looking wine tasting shop around the corner. We were glad in the end that we stayed in the old town as everything is very walkable and you can catch taxis to anywhere else you want to go. The main pick-up spot for most day excursions is about a ten minute walk away. There are lots of streets with wall to wall stores but the house isn't on one of them - which was nice as it was quieter. We would definitely go back to both Chania and the house. We spent a full week there and still didn't get to everything we wanted to do and see.