We came to Palas Atenea and Costa Brava For Rent just because our original booking was cancelled by www.booking.com / k3homes just 5 days before our arrival. But in the end it was a piece of luck...
Finally we booked this home just one day before our arrival and the booking as well as the communication was fast, pro-active and friendly.
We looked for a house which explicitetly has no swimming pool and a garden, since we were travelling with our 3 and 5 year old kids.
At the day of arrival we picked up the keys at the office, which is also the home of Christina and Oscar. It is just a few minutes away from the house and it was at our way anyway.
Oscar gave us a warm welcome, even though I forgot to call in advance. He gave a very detailed description of everything we need to know about the house, the town and activities. Our kids even got some toys borrowed from his kids.
Oscar was a little bit concerned of the stairs in the house and the garden and our young kids. But they enjoyed to run around the house and each of the 100 steps in the garden, as well as the 238 steps towards the beach (counted and confirmed twice!). The garden itself was actually the only small dissapointment, since it basically only consistst of the stairs - the fauna was not really accesible since it was mostly spiny bushes. But this was only a minor issue, since the beach was so close. The stairs to the beach are just behind the neighbours property.
The house itself was a little bit old-fashioned but very clean. We used only 2 of the 3 sleeping rooms. One remarkable thing was that all basics you need in a household were available and we don't need to buy anything - from dishwashing tabs, salt over detergent up to to charcoal for the BBQ. We use the washing machine to come home from holidays with fresh and clean clothes, without the usual after-holiday stress of washing. ;-)
Summarizing we enjoyed our stay and the great hospitality. It is absolutely recommendable.