We had a great experience during our stay in Uggiano La Chiesa in May 2016.
Before our trip, Sara was available (even late in the evening) and answered prompty to our numerous questions before booking. When we arrived, we have been welcome by his father, Franco, who is a really helpful person.
The house is even larger and more cosy that what we were expecting and it has been such a pleasure to have a drink on the terrace in the evening.... :-)
The house is really comfortable : this is a villa designed according to traditional style -inside and outside - with thick walls (that keeps the temperature comfortable inside). It has obviously been renewed a few years ago and you will find inside all modern equipment. There are two large sleeping rooms with king size beds + 1 sleeping room with 2 smaller beds : hence, this is a suitable for up to 6 people (either one family with 4 children or two families).
The garden is also very large and childen can play all day long if they want to.
There were 5 bicycles (adult size) + 1 smaller one : so we were able to ride to Uggiano la Chiesa (which lookis like a typical italian village) where we could find all commodities including a lovely pasticerria with italian cookies (no more than 5 minutes). To be noticed than supermarket CONAD is open till 9:00 pm which is quite helpful.
We could also ride to Porto Badisco : it took us less than 15 minutes ( but a bit longer to come back while the road from the beach is going up - nothing unaffordable anyway). Otranto and other interseting seaspots are also not far by car.
In summary, we have been delighted to stay here for 1 week. I would certainly recommend Sara's house and we hope to have the opportunity to come once again in the future.