Gloria‘s house is accurately presented in the pictures. Spotlessly clean, new, modern, and sparsely decorated. A grocery store is reachable by foot along a main road (basic store: 5min, nicer: 10min) and there are tons of restaurants in town (7-20 minutes by foot, nicer walk). The area is rather quiet for Sicily and usually pleasantly cool even in August, so it's not a problem that there’s only air conditioning in one of the bedrooms (although sleeping with the windows open might be difficult because there are a lot of neighboring guard dogs barking even at night). Only the window screens in the master bedroom, kitchen, and living room are 100% tight, so we tried to keep the other windows closed.

Me and my partner enjoyed our stay in Gloria‘s house a lot. There's a partially-covered patio right outside from the kitchen (with a small table large enough for 3 people). Fresh mountain air and nice Etna views. Very close for Etna excursions, and Nicolosi and neighboring towns have many amenities. The house has a small wall around the grounds and an electric gate so you can park every day without a second thought.
About an hour to the vineyards on the north slope of Etna (Randazzo). There are three large shopping malls within a 20 minutes drive. Central Catania is a slightly rough 45 minute drive away; it takes a while on congested roads to get to the highway (which takes you to Taormina in the north, Siracusa in the south, and Enna/Palermo to the west). Do like the locals and get out of hot Catania in the summer and enjoy the mountain climate. In the summer there's a really nice relaxed party atmosphere on the slopes of Etna with diners staying out late to eat and drink and talk outside.
Gloria was always there for us when we had questions or inquiries. Check-in and check-out went perfectly. The only spot of bother that might occur is the kitchen equipment, which isn't of great quality and rather limited. Gloria did try to help us out and got a couple more things that we requested, but still cheap stuff. However, the kitchen is very large (note: no dishwasher). But who doesn’t intend on doing a lot of cooking won’t be bothered and will have a wonderful stay in Gloria‘s beautiful home!