Anne's property is beautiful. The garden and communal areas are glorious and the rooms, in our case a whole studio apartment, are very spacious. We only stayed 2 nights and we hadn't really planned on spending much time at the property as the stay was so short. The area is nice too with a few eateries that offered nice food. Sintra is a bit far but since we had a car this wasn't a problem. In fact, this was probably better given that traffic in Sintra is usually bad so the location proved excellent to visit the area. We arrived an hour later than anticipated which wasn't a problem for Anne. We sent her a message to warn her of our delay and since we never heard back we assumed it would be OK and so it was. We left at the end of our stay with mixed feelings. Anne's welcome was friendly but at the same time it consisted mainly of a succession of rules about which areas of the house were private and which were accessible to all. Of course this is understandable but I guess the delivery sounded vaguely like we were going through a boarding house. With this also came a list of extras that we had at our disposal: coffee for 50 cents, buffet breakfast for 10 euros, use of the washing machine for 5 euros. Although the communal areas were outstanding, especially the garden, the actual studio was very hot and lacked ventilation. There was no fan or AC which meant we had to keep the windows open but that meant letting in a colony of mosquitos which feasted on us during the night. The studio came with a kitchenette with a few utensils and rusty electric hobs (but no fridge) and the bathroom could have done with a shower curtain to avoid flooding the bathroom every time we took a shower. All in all the stay was pleasant but we feel a few adjustments could make it truly special considering the price.