We stayed 3 weeks at Erik's villa in Son Bou and loved every minute of it.
The view of the sea is absolutely magnificent - if you're the sort of person who works constantly and never looks up from their phone or laptop, then this view will stop you in your tracks! It will lift your soul and chill you out :-)
The villa is set-up so the outdoor area gives you the best seats in the house to watch the yachts and enjoy the sunset. In the evenings you can hear the ocean.
Down a few steps and you have a good size swimming pool - roughly 8m long. The villas on Son Bou's hill tend to be a bit cramped on outside space so it was nice to have space to around the pool for sun loungers.
There's an extra plunge pool on the terrace level - we had young kids and they were happy to play in there. It may once have been a jacuzzi, but it doesn't appear to work as one.
You reach the villa at the end of a small cul-de-sac and there's bushes and trees screening the property - you get pretty good privacy from the road and neighbours.
The villa's position is just about perfect to enjoy the peace, quiet and views. We were there during COVID but the resort was still pretty busy. On occasion we heard singing and music from the apartment complex - but nothing that gave us any annoyance.
We stayed 3 weeks and Erik arranged (for free) for a couple of extra cleans. The pool maintenance guys came regularly and his father in law - Manuel - popped round on the odd occasion we had an issue.
The kitchen is better equipped than corporate rentals we've done in the past - decent cutlery, pans etc. A Nespresso machine (you can get knock off capsules at the Mercadona supermarket, but Amazon ES will deliver Nespresso ones in about 3 days) and a filter coffee machine.
Aircon is in every room and at the low / quiet setting it keeps the villa cool - very easy to sleep whatever the temperature outside.
The master bedroom is great - comfortable bed and plenty of storage. The other two bedrooms both have doubles and were fine for the kids. The lighting is a bit "blue" in one of them and they could do with some thoughtful thinking about lighting and soft furnishings to make them cosier.
No baths - but the showers are superb - good water pressure.
The internet is OK for streaming Netflix / films and doing work (about 4-8mbs). For large files & uploads, there's good 4G reception (10-30mbs). We plugged an Apple TV in for films / games and it worked fine. The TV is showing its age and needs to be updated.
The villa used to be owned by a British couple and there's a huge satellite dish at the back which provides Freesat.
There are tortoises in the garden at the back and will happily munch on the melon, lettuce and tomatoes you leave out. The kids spent happy hours feeding them by hand.
There's a restaurant bar about 3 minutes away which sells excellent takeaway pizza (really good - but their other food isn't as good!), large selection of ice creams and will also do takeaway wine, beer, water and big bags of ice. The supermarket is about 5-10 minutes walk and there's a bakery behind it.
You can walk to Son Bou beach in about 15-20 minutes - one of the best beaches on the island. You can get down for about 9.30am and it is pretty empty, then swing back via the bakery for second breakfast and a swim to cool off :-)
There's off-street parking if you have a car - given how close you are to everything, you could do without.
The villa could benefit from some minor maintenance (we gave Erik a list of things we noticed), extra pool towels and a bit of TLC - particularly the outdoor and pool seating which is a bit plastic. These were all minor and didn't affect our stay at all.
We would have rebooked for 2021, but it was already taken!