A nightmare in Naxos
We're waiting for a CT Scan to make sure our child doesn't have brain damage or a fractured skull or ear bones. Let me explain.
The first day we arrived, we went to the apartment for a few minutes, then went to the beach for the entire evening because the kids were so excited. So we were out of the apartment only until the end of the day after we ate at a restaurant and came to the place put the tired kids to sleep.
Later that night, while my wife and I were having wine on the terrace, we heard a loud crash come from inside the apartment, then we heard a scream. When we turned the lights on, we found that the light above the bed, made of plaster and weighing about 3kg, broke from it's cord and fell onto our 4 year old boys face and skull, all around his ear was red and there was a large scrape on his cheek. We have photos. It was terrifying.
The next day, I messaged Nikitas explaining that their light had fallen on our child while he was sleeping. We didn't want to make the situation more stressful than it was, so I explained that we weren't upset at him and we didn't want to blame anyone. I only asked that he remove the second light, which was above where our 2 year old daughter was sleeping the night before.
His reply was "I hope you didn't break my 350 euro light, it's hard to find"... wtf.
What would you do in this situation? I tried to be nice by not pushing blame, I understand mistakes can happen... but he wasn't interested in if our child was going to be ok, but only about the fact that he was down 350 euro. Sorry about your loss Nikitas, I really feel terrible that the impact on my childs skull broke your light.
So the next day as we were arriving from the beach, we saw Nikitas. He said "My dear Clint, what can I say? You need to be careful with our stuff. Come with me." I was confused when he took me to the bedroom. "My light is broken, and my wife showed me that you've destroyed our bed and your hanging your clothes on our other light." (my wife was hanging her clothes from the chain which was supporting the other light in our room, I agree that wasn't smart. But there is no place to hang dresses in his place, and this isn't the light that broke) He pointed at the headboard which was worn by peoples heads and backs resting against it. Fake leather my dear Nikitas, it's not going to last forever. "if you want to stay in my house, you must take care of my things."
So in a nutshell, he told me that there was no way the light could have fallen because the house was inspected and met safety standards. Well, the light did fall, I'm not sure why putting a 3kg light above a pillow where children might sleep would be considered safe. On top of that, after the light had fallen, I inspected the light to see why it could have fallen. The only thing holding the light up was the electric wire contacts where they met the bulb. They were held on by metal clips and the cord wires were only a cm long. They slipped through the clips. I'm guessing those clips were only meant to provide a contact point for the electricity to pass from the wires to the lights, not to hold a 3kg plaster beast of a light. The other lights in the house were supported by chains and ropes, not this light. There was no support. Nikitas response to this "i'm not an electrician. But this is how all lights are held up." No, sorry, that's not how 3kg lights are supposed to be supported. I'm sure anyone could tell you that.
So Nikitas thinks we're lying about the whole situation. He believes the children were playing with the light when it broke and fell, and because we don't want to pay for the light (which we had no idea he payed 350 euro for, I would have guessed no more than 100 which isn't much to us).
Anyways, a 3kg light breaks on our 4 year old childs skull, my child, my wife and I are terrified, we then are accused of damaging their bed, accused of lying, are talked to like we are troublemakers, we are waking up every following night because our boy can't sleep because he's in pain and crying, had to go to the hospital where a doctor tells us there could be some damage and ordered a CT scan. Yes, a nightmare. Not once did Nikitas or his wife ask if our child was ok.
Nikitas, if you want to have a good argument, please post photos of the damaged lights, where the light wires make contact with the lightbulb and a photo of the light wires. Also include a photo of the bracket that fixed the light to the cord like any other normal heavy light would have... I'll bet we'll never see those photos because there was no bracket or means of support.
In Nikitas defense, he did remove the second light. Against the wishes of his wife.
I don't recommend Nikitas at all. I don't like Nikitas or his wife.
Do I recommend the apartment? Now that the lights are gone, the door handles squeak and woke everyone up when I need to pee. So no, find another place.