I want to be fair with my remarks.
Positive aspects: the location of the home is ideal, one hour west of Palermo, one hour east of Trapani. Scopello is a charming town and most importantly, the market (located 600 M away) is fabulous, complete with farm to table restaurant (farm is right there, next to the tables!).
Good aspects: Signora Morella, while a little abrupt at first, was very accommodating of us when things started breaking down.
Unforgivable aspects: the home is in terrible shape, beds falling apart, broken shower, broken heating, broken clothes washer were all fixed but started out broken. The art is distasteful. Decor is worse, complete with plastic flowers (pretty sad, given that the island is literally teeming with fresh wild flowers). The pool filter did not work so the pool was filthy and tiny (trick photography).
The root of the problem is that there are no less than 3 agencies between renter and home owner, each adding about 20% to the price and each not giving a damn about the place. We were the first renters of the season but if someone had walked through it, tested everything ahead of time, then it would have been better.
One last thought. The house is cold. In June - Sept, that is fine, even good. For the rest of the year, you freeze.