We were a group of four people in the age between 26 and 29 visiting Palermo in August. We were more than happy and I´d like to talk about a few things more specific.
The villa was really great. The outside are was amazing. Great pool - really handy outdoor kitchen. Good seating area, too.
Downstairs you pretty much get what you expect from seeing the pictures. Beds are okay - bathrooms are okay, too. You´ll probably won´t spent much time down there as the outside / pool area is amazing. The Billiardtable is cool, the grand piano is slightly detuned. So if you´re a real pianist you probably won´t enjoy playing it (in case it won´t be tuned someday).
Palermo and the district of Mondello where the villa is based - is really nice. You have some good restaurants nearby and a supermarket with a nice assortment. The Supermarket is only 3-4 walking minutes away. The beach is not as near as it is written in the describtion - we walked like 20 minutes which is fine. The city of Palermo is 20 mins via Taxi.
Last but not least I´d like to talk about Gisueppe as a host. He was really great. On the day we arrived in Palermo there was a national bank holiday and the supermarket close by was closed. Giuseppe offered us to drive to the bigger supermarkte which is 30mins walking distance or 5 mins by car. He waited outside and didn´t wanted any money for the taxi service he provided. As written in other reviews and the description itself - he does clean the pool every morning from 6:30 - 7:30ish.
He does more than only cleaning the pool - he took out our trash from the kitchen and so on.
There was a bush fire 50km next to Palermo and the day after there rained ashes. The pool looked aweful and the next morning - everything was cleaned like nothing ever happend. Giuseppe put in lots of work to keep it all clean.
There was a thunderstorm early in the morning and we had stuff laying outside as we were not aware of it happening. Gisueppe stood up at 5 am to put all our stuff and blankets inside so things are not getting wet.
We had a really great time and were impressed by the effort Giuseppe put into this.
Gisueppes english is okay - you can communicate well with him. He also organised a taxi driver for us who had good pricing.
Expample taxi rates that you should expect or consider agreeing on with taxi drivers once you´re there: Airport to Gisueppes Villa: 50€.
Giuseppes Villa to Palermo City: 30€