In order to prolong our summer and work in a sunny place, we booked Leila's apartment for a week in November. We looked forward to the view of the sea from the terrasse. Though the host knew about our intentions to work during the day, she did not inform us about the construction work that was happening right next door. Upon arrival, she told us that the construction just started and will probably end within the next two days, so we should not be worried. This was, however, not the case and the construction, as we can tell from inspecting it, was clearly going on for quite some time already and was far away from being finished. The construction work started at 8am and our attempts to have breakfast on the terrasse were ruined by the noise and the vibrations of the construction work. As a consequence, we could only spend the nights in the house. Withholding the information about nuisance in the house from the guests is unacceptable. When we asked the host for a refund, airbnb's mediation center took over the communication. We received a 20% refund for each day that was polluted by construction noise. The host first transferred only a part of the amount and needed a reminder to transfer the correct amount.
Given this negative experience, I don't have many compliments to make here, as the best memory I have of this experience is leaving this place. I do hope that we simply caught an unfortunate moment for a stay at this place and that other guests can enjoy the beautiful view from the terrasse. But if you don't want to risk it, there are probably a lot of pretty apartments for this price out there on the island!