Our 10 day stay between Christmas and New Years Day was wonderful. I agree with all the positives stated in other reviews...Place is beautiful, spacious and stylish...just like the photos. Welcome was warm from Peppe -complete with wine and chocolate :-) It was a very cold time of year, but we went into the garden when we could at least for a few minutes to enjoy the fresh air or pop in a load of laundry. The heating in the house was great. However, for some reason the upstairs room just couldn't keep the heat and was a little too cold for our son. I am sure if we had asked for an extra heater they would have brought us one, as communication was very easy. Instead he decided to sleep on the sofa bed in the living room which was quite comfy as well. We loved the speakers available in the huge kitchen so we could hook up our music to play while we cooked. The acoustics are very nice... Fun fact...You can whisper into one corner and a person in the opposite corner can hear perfectly. Like the whisper corner in Grand Central Station. Two small negatives we read in other reviews we experienced as well. The dog next door gets let out at 7am and barks most all the day. Also, the church bells do ring at 8am -if you aren't an earlybird you can bring earplugs. It's very quiet and peaceful otherwise. I grew to love the bells, but not the dog...oh well. Highly recommend and hope we can return someday.