Otranto is just gorgeous! Villa Leila is a lovely house with a great garden and in a really good location. The rooms are spacious and furnished in an attractive style. The bathrooms are new and very nice. However the kitchen is not so practical - almost no work tops and although the equipment in some aspects was great, in others was poor - e.g. no sharp knife, gas hotplates were very weak and took ages to bring water to the boil,no electric kettle, and only a small 2 or 3 cup coffee maker, washing machine leaked onto the kitchen floor etc. One double bed with a wooden slats frame was very comfortable but the other had an old over-stretched mesh spring frame was very noisy and uncomfortable. After 2 difficult nights we put the mattrasses on the floor. The wifi was quite poor until after 2 days we discovered that one of the light switches turned the electric plug off that the router was connected to. The hot water boiler apparently needed to be serviced as it broke down twice. Sabrina arranged a plumber to come and fix it but he didn't do anything. So our last morning we all had cold showers again.
Ultimately the house has great potential and the garden with the outdoor kitchen and BBQ facilities are great. However due to the fact that we only had 2 of the 7 days with no hassles, it did spoil our holiday. Considering how expensive the house is, we were disappointed ultimately.