Our stay was great. The house has an amazing view, nice beds, pitch black rooms where you can sleep in absolute silence, a perfect air conditioning, two bathrooms, plenty of hot water, a terrace all around the house, private parking, ...
We were in the apartment for a week and went to really recharge. The best moments for us were sleeping long hours and having nice breakfasts on terrace overlooking the blue see and Calabria in the distance. If you're looking for your own space, in a nice village (Letojanni, next to Taormina and Castelmola, the two latter really beautiful places) where you have plenty of options to go out for good dinners etc., some beach, some inland walks, etc... this is definitely the place to go. We had a car but also used public transport (train) and getting to and from the station is very easy and trains ran regularly.
Bruno was a supernice host. He explained everything of the house, gave us plenty of information and was on standby for whatever we needed or had questions about. The highway does cross at a distance below but -although I am quiet sensitive to sounds/noise- didn't bother me or us at all. It's only on the terrace that you can at times clearly hear it. In the house you don't hear it and it doesn't affect your sleep. We had a little stereo with some background music on the terrace. That also made it the eventual passing car noise fade.