The home looks lovely from the outside. The garden is nice. The shower was fairly new and large, but it could use a shelf so you don't have to put everything on the floor. Good location, close to Lecce, but the street outside is very noisy with traffic and a local business's speakers blasting the town with announcements every few minutes on weekdays.
The interior is far from clean. There was grit and dirt covering the floors, the kitchen was grimy and smelled of 50 years of old grease, even the small couches were covered in few layers of dirt. Something can be old and clean, but unfortunately that is not the case with this house. In addition, all of the furniture in the home is extremely uncomfortable. The host was not very friendly and does not speak English, despite what her profile says; it's clear she uses a translation app, which is fine, I do too, but why lie about it? She also insisted on using a common texting app instead of communicating via Airbnb.
I cannot understand all the 5-star ratings.