Daniela is an interesting person, with a fun personality. But I wouldn't desribe her as a superhost. She offered to pick us up from the airport 25 mins away for €16. We ended up staying 5 minutes closer to her from the airport on out first night. She still wanted €16, okay. She offered to store our bags on the last day for €6, okay, but then she wanted a further €16 to take us back to the airport, and she made us share with another passenger who was also paying Daniela for the trip, cramped into her convertible with all our bags. €38 total for those extra sevices, I've known some hosts to be far more generous, but okay, not a complaint.
The apartment wasn't ready when we arrived. I can excuse this, we were early coming straight from checking out of our first hotel from our night flight. We were told to come back in 20 mins when the cleaner was done, no problem, we left our suitcases and experienced the local area. When we came back Daniela was gone, she wasn't coming back to show us around or anything. I messaged her 2 questions on whatsapp, she got the cleaning lady to bring us a replacement iron, no problem. On my 3rd text question within 2 hours of checking in, she said "tom I am busy". That was it, we didn't hear from her again until I messaged her 5 or 6 days later about storing our bags. Not too bad but not the ideal host.
The apartment wasn't very clean, surfaces in every room and cupboard hadn't been wiped properly. There was brown sugar all over the breakfast table, clearly not wiped. The fridge was marked with stains inside and out and needed defrosting. Bed was perfect, can't complain, but there was a loud water pipe inside the wall in the bedroom which could disturb you in the night if you're a light sleeper, connected to upstairs flats plumbing. The only air conditioning is right by the entrance of the property, as far from the bed as possible, not ideal on hot nights.
What was provided was very basic. 2 body towels, 2 hand towels, no extra towels. The only cleaning liquids in the entire place were hand soap, half a bottle of washing up liquid, and shampoo. No bleach, disinfectant, or even multisurface cleaner. A broom, but no dustpan and brush, no mop, very basic kitchen equipment, small frying pan, small pot, tiny chopping board, only 4 table knives and 1 steak knife, no kitchen knives. Other cutlery and plates were great. 4 bowls but they were tiny. We bought our own antibacterial wipes and toilet roll (2 rolls provided is not enough for 2 people for a week with no other cleaning wipes), no complaints, we planned to go shopping anyway but if there were some cleaning products in one of the many empty kitchen cupboards, some guests cleaning up after themselves now and then would help keep the place much cleaner. Trying to search the cupboards for cleaning materials, all we found were dirty scissors, tweezers and a dirty, very used sponge in the bathroom drawer.
The pictures make it look a bit nicer than it is, the place seems to be converted from a narrow car parking garage that used to be at the bottom of the block of flats. It's well decorated but in my opinion it's not a homely or relaxing place. It has an okay outside seating area with 2 chairs and a table. This wasn't pictured when we booked, and could be a feature to show, but the table was filthy, like it hadn't been wiped in weeks, and there was no lighting for sitting there in the evening.
The old town is only 15 minutes walk away but the closest beach is famous for being very windy with rough seas. A nicer beach is still 10 minutes walk away. Also a major tourist nightlife area with strip clubs is 3 minutes walk away...
We had a good week in Rhodes, but this accommodation wasn't a highlight of our trip. Wouldn't recommend to people who value cleanliness, but if you're pretty carefree and are coming to Rhodes to party in the capital town, it's suitable enough.