As everyone has noted, Maria was very helpful in organizing our pickup at the airport, a porter to carry our bags, another Maria to introduce us to Oia. The reason to rent the house is the view which is extraordinary not just for viewing the sunset, but for the morning too. The rear bedroom is a bit musty--it is a cave house after all--but the AC works very well, and the front rooms are light and airy.

By the way, for those alarmed by the comments about the steps: there are steps and they are pretty high, but there aren't 300 or 200 or even 100. It does take about 250 steps if you want to walk down to the port, but that isn't something you need to do to get to the house.