This was a lovely villa in a beautiful garden with a very nice pool. Although the owners house is very near the pool we didn't feel any problem with privacy. The house we were in was tucked away in a corner of the garden and very private. The only minor problem we had was that there is nowhere under shelter to eat as the dining table is outside under the trees. It would have been wonderful had the weather been hot but we had very bad weather with rain most of the time (unusual for August/September). That being said there is a small antique table in one of the bedrooms (though we felt it was too good to eat off) and both bedrooms and bathrooms were lovely with antique furniture. The kitchen is small but adequate for snacks and breakfast, I am not sure how easy it would have been to cook a meal but there was some cooking equipment and a small stove. We didn't try to cook because the weather was so bad we went out to eat but we did have lunch under one of the pool umbrellas in the rain.
You definitely need a car to stay at this house, it is high up and would be impossible to access on public transport. Driving in Catania is an experience with steep windy roads but the villa is beautiful and quiet and there is a shop about 5 mins drive away. Very convenient for the motorway and also for Aci Castello, Aci Trezza, Etna villages and the centre of town by car so a good place to stay if you want to go out and about to different places both north, south and in Catania.