Having just returned from the stay @ Villa con piscina e campo tennis... I feel obliged to share some of my experiences from the stay.

First - the hosts. Daniela and her cousin Giovanni aka Gianni made really good contact - responding quickly to any questions we might have had.

The location. In the old Avola, 500 meters above the sea level, far from any noises of the Sicilian coast. It is quiet and calm there. But - the nearest beach is some 25 minutes away, down the steep serpentines. The nearest supermarket - 15 minutes away. There is only one restaurant nearby open in the evenings - but a decent one. There is another one in the guesthous nearby, but we haven't tested it. So you loose an hour per day just to make the living (unless you're used to buy things once per week).

The pool and the tennis field. They are available and they are exclusively for the guests. I enjoyed swimming early in the morning :) But the tennis field is exposed to direct sunlight, so you can use it early in the morning and later in the evening. And the pool is one of the deepest (and to be - the best) I have seen in such places, some 2,5 mts deep! (no shallow area - so if you have kids, it is not for you)
The equipment - the house is a bit... rusty and eclectic. It is clean and we had no problems with anything - but ... some furniture, kitchenware, etc. is simply old. We lacked the dishwasher, and an electric kettle. And we were really surprised not to find any wine glasses (I don't use plastic for drinking wine - and only plastic wine "cups" we could find)!

The garden - there is a lot of space around the house. Lots of trees (including some pines). We loved the flowers next to the outside tables.

So 8/10 for the entire stay: -1 for the equipment, and -1 for the location (the latter is not the owners' fault)...