Cleanliness.
This place is not sparkling clean at all. We found dirty potholders, dishes, pots, pans in the kitchen, as well as an old and dirty plaid which was used as the cover for the sofa. When I say dirty it means that all these things need to be washed and clean better and some of them need to be thrown away, because when you touch them, they give you the feeling of greasiness. All the furniture in the apartment is quite old and used and it is itself can't give you the feeling of cleanliness.
Inaccurate description.
The description was quite miss-leading. The property was described as a house with 2 levels and the terrace that is capable to host 6 people, but in the reality it was only one small apartment with the terrace. We've been under impression that we are renting a house, not an apartment.
The photos give you false impression that there are a lot of space in the property, but it's very small and barely can host 3 persons. They do not publish photos of terrace fully - you will not have any privacy in there as the roof is shared territory and there are no walls that can protect you from neighbour's eyes and noise. To get to the terrace you have to use a common staircase which means you will meet your neighbours frequently, so it gives you no privacy.
It was described as an apartment with the conditioner, but when we came we found out the it is super old and dirty and it doesn't work. More over the conditioner is located in the small hall between two bedrooms which means you have to keep all the bedrooms's doors open every day and night in order to cool down two bedrooms, hall and the kitchen. So you will sleep with open doors seeing each other. Again - no privacy at all even for the one family. I can't imagine how for example 2 couples can live there. It's just super uncomfortable.
It's particularly impossible to wash the dishes or hands in the kitchen, because the tap water is boiling hot. I guess this is just another problem that is needs to be fixed in the property.
Poor communication.
I didn't like the fact that the host told me over the phone call that if we are running late her husband will not be willing to wait for us to give us the key, because he had to go to work. We were late for only 5 minutes and only because it was really hard to find the place fast. I guess this is not what you want to hear from your host after a long night flight and road to the place this just makes you feel stressed in the very beginning of your vacation.
When we checked-in we realised that the place was not even close to the description on Airbnb website. We tried to reach the host over the phone but she didn't reply neither us or Arbnbn support team. We spent around 8 hours trying to solve the problem and find another place for us because we absolutely didn't want to stay at Maria Giovanna's place. You can imagine how hard it was to achieve it after a long night flight and in a condition of high-season when all the places in the city are already taken by other tourists. It took all our nerves and gave us too much stress to solve this problem and it is definitely not the way you want to start your holiday.
Location.
The location was described well. We just didn't realise how far this place from the beach and the center of the city with supermarkets and all restaurants. It takes 25 minutes by walk to reach the beach and what it more worse it takes another 25 minutes to get to the place walking under the hot Sicilian sun after swimming. I mean that is not what you want for that money. We found a beautiful, big and well equipped two-storey house with the terrace for the exactly same money in just 7 minutes walk from the beach and 4 minutes walk from the center of the San Vito and supermarket.
Low value for money.
Accurate description. People who have money to pay for a 2 or 3 storey house shouldn't spoil their vacation by getting a small, bad equipped apartment somewhere too far away from everything and pay that amount of money. Maybe it will work on people who don't know San Vito Lo Capo and it is their first time there.