The house is big, well kept, and the bedrooms are clean. But I had an unpleasant experience and ended up leaving on my 3rd day, at personal cost.

Quick word of warning, I found this accommodation listed as 'entire home/apt" but beware that this is primarily a room rental in somebody's house. (The host says she sometimes rents the whole house, so be it). I went in January when the host was not actually there, and the house was said to be empty at the time of my stay, so I was OK with that.

Still, there were a number misrepresentations:

I was offered a ride from the airport from a friend of the host. I thought it was a nice courtesy which could be repaid with a gift or bottle of wine, but I was charged €20 on arrival. Not outrageous (yet no cheaper than a cab), but it was unexpected, not discussed or planned. Obviously, it's nice to know when and what you will be charged beforehand so you can have a choice, and develop a trustworthy relationship with the host.

Being a web developer needing to keep up with work, I insisted on the reliability of the internet connection before booking. I was told in writing "there is a very good internet connection around the house" and "it works very well". It doesn't. I could not connect at all to the wi-fi from the downstairs bedroom with either my laptop or my smartphone. I would imagine the bedroom directly upstairs to be in the same blackout, being even further from the modem.

The host told me there were individual electric heaters for each room (being there in January). There were none to be found. I was cold, wearing layers inside. I rolled a large gas heater from the kitchen in the bedroom that I felt unsafe sleeping next to. I was told a couple days later: the situation will be fixed. I didn't stay long enough to see it through.

On my second day, another house guest unexpectedly arrived to stay there without any warning or notice. Host made it sounds like somebody was coming over to help look for the missing heaters.

Feeling uncomfortable with this series of surprises and misrepresentations, I cancelled my booking, losing over half my money, and found myself something else in Malta; and thankfully ended up having a nice holiday (booking another apt via airbnb), but with a bad start at the Blu House.

I have to add, customer service with airbnb was stellar in kindly addressing the issue, making me feel at ease for future bookings.