I'll preface this review by saying that our group truly enjoyed our time in Mykonos, and the pool and sunsets afforded by the Sunset View Villa/Villa Victoria were enjoyable.I will keep the rest of the review as factual as possible to warn future guests or travelers of the dangers of this property. We were a group of nine, most of us seasoned global travelers. While offering striking views, the property is clearly in ill-repair with little security or care by the host. I would never recommend staying here and plan on contacting Airbnb to lodge a serious complaint against the negligence of the host and management company, neither of whom offered an apology for our experience or seemed to be the least bit concerned. I regret booking this property.
Part of our experience was unexpectedly negative, most notably due to the following:
1. Late on our first night, we were victims of a home invasion at the villa while several of our party slept. The thief gained access through a faulty shutter that was easily accessible from the villa's parking area, and subsequently broke the window of a french door, completely tossed about luggage contents in the room, and stole an iPad and iPhone, and then a bag containing a guest's passport, wallet, cards, and jewelry (in a room where two of our party slept). When several of our group went upstairs and discovered this, the thief was still on property and stole another iPad from the poolhouse.
2. The shuttered door through which the thief gained access was in ill repair, the hinges being rusted and off square. Though we closed it that night, we were unable to easily lock it in place. It appeared that the intruder knew exactly where to target. There is no gate to the property preventing access to that level of the home. The broken door was not fixed during our stay, and we propped a piece of furniture against it to slow access and give us warning if another invasion happened.
3. I was the primary renter, and was not given information on the security system, nor warned against the threat in the area. The day after the incident we found a notification in the living room telling us to keep valuables on our person. There were at least two lockboxes on premise for which we were not given keys nor instructions.
4. There was no direct communication from the host, who seems to have relinquished management of the property to "Mykonos Pearls". Though I had forwarded information on our various flight and ferry arrivals, when we got to the villa and I called, the management company representative told me she wished I had called sooner and would send over someone, as if our arrival time was a surprise.
5. The only direct contact we had from "Mykonos Pearls" was from a gentleman who came by the day after the robbery to show me the security system operation.
6. A neighbor warned us of the crime in the area and to keep valuables secure, based on previous incidents. The property is relatively remote, which may be a positive for some travelers....but an ideal target of thieves.
7. The victims of the theft filed a police report. While the management company said that they would come to photograph and fingerprint the house (?) the police did not.
8. The carport contained an aged Jeep Cherokee with the driver window busted out. The carport structure is dry-rotted and in ill repair.
9. The pool house contains a grill and and oven, but the oven is filled with bricks and trash, and there is no apparent ventilation for the grill.
10. A dinner I had planned with the host for my partner's birthday was forgotten and allegedly planned for "the next day" by mistake.
11. The yard next to the pool pictured in the ads with wedding decorations is rocks and weeds and an open cistern with the top broken out.
12. Power to the house went out frequently in different areas. The pool pump would stop, the upstairs electric would go out, the downstairs would go out, etc. Not sure if this is simply due to voltage problems in the Mykonos distribution system, or poor electrical wiring at the property. There were multiple fuse boxes (using the term loosely) on the premise, some of which were simply unmarked breakers hanging in various areas.
13. We left a day early because of our security concerns and an imminent ferry strike. I texted my contact at Pearls for departure process because we needed to leave no later than 330 or 4 the next day. The only contact I got back was that 4 worked better for them, and when our departure moved up and I contacted her, there was no response. I left all the keys in the house and contacted the gentleman who had come by after the robbery, who said this was fine.
14. On our day of departure, it happened that electricity went out to the entire upstairs and most of the downstairs. I contacted the management company early in the morning, with no response, and we ended up vacating the property by 2pm.

Most of these issues could have been avoided by the owner simply investing in the upkeep of the property and some added security measures. This was not the first home invasion at this property yet the owner took no steps to fix the issues. A truly disappointing part of our trip.