We were disappointed by this rental due to the Cost/value proposition. We paid 4197€ for one month (reduced by 4 days due to Covid-19 delays). This apartment is actually a one bedroom apartment with two bathrooms eating up the common area (dining table/kitchen). So the common area is really small. A mezzanine has been built on top of the bathrooms facing the kitchen. There is no view from the mezzanine as there is no view from the common area. You directly face the Kitchen’s blind wall (just 3 little openings to bring light behind the bed). The floor plan says “Loft” but it is just to describe the mezzanine (we thought there was actually a separate bedroom when looking at the floor plan with the lines attaching the squares together and the pictures showing not just our unit but the whole sets of units) hence our main disappointment. Each parent had to sleep with one kid as the stairs to the mezzanine were too dangerous for an infant. We would not have rented this place if we had known there was a mezzanine. Total floor area is only around 40-45 square meters for the 2 rooms. The description says there is a view to Hora but there is none from this unit. I guess you would have to go to the upstairs neighbors to see a view. The back terrace faces 3 walls and a door, the view is nice but it is not inviting. We never used it.
The main terrace faces a nice little garden, but you have no privacy as most people from other units pass in front of it. The air conditionings are very loud (unknown brands). The one in the common area is too low on the wall to cool the mezzanine so we had to ask for a large noisy fan to bring the cool air up. It made the sleeping experience uncomfortable. Paying so much money for such a small aparment in Skala was a real disappointment. Descriptions were misleading. With a lower price and more accurate description it could be a good budget alternative to a real 2 bedrooms apartment with privacy. In all my years coming to Patmos this was my biggest disappointment in terms of rental. Again I am making that statement based on the price/value proposition. The description has to be rewritten and the pictures changed to better describe the actual offer.
I makes me sad to have to write these negative comments but we had so many better alternatives for the same stay on AirBnB that it really spoiled that stay. there were real 2 bedrooms apartment available for a lower price or same price with a view but we were looking for a really separated bedroom to have a little privacy from the kids... instead we had a mezzanine.