Overall, a very beautiful flat, but for us, Poggiardo is not the most inspiring location to visit after seeing some of the other gorgeous white housed hill towns nearby. I would recommend using this as a base to see other areas (the east Salento and Lecce for example) rather than going to this town expecting it to be a place you would want to explore without a car for a couple days. That said, the centre part is cute (takes 10 mins max to walk around) but the outskirts are run down. We appreciated that Alberto got us a chopping board and an iron when we asked, but overall the kitchen could be better equipped. For example, it only has one wooden spoon to cook anything with! Also you will need to note that it doesn't have an oven (only a hob) so a toaster would also be handy to have to heat bread in the morning.
The last night we were there at 2am a pipe burst in the flat which meant that we woke up to a flood in the apartment. We spent considerable time helping Alberto sweep out the water. We had no water after that. The least we thought that Alberto could have offered was to reimburse us for that night's stay as it was an uncomfortable situation, but that was never offered. I have asked for this from him, but still waiting for a response. Overall, we thought the entire experience was just OK, not like the previous reviews!