Carmen & Mario's House is really as elegantly designed as it looks on the photos. The kitchen looks out onto the beautiful infinity pool and on the hot days we spent some luxurious time enjoying it.
The house is unique in its layout and as such need some time to get used to. Karma was really helpful when we had any questions or issues to deal with.
The town of Saint Joan is ready something non-touristy and very charming. It's very central for the island and every place of interest seems to be about the same distance away. There are a couple of supermarkets and some restaurants in town. There's one place that has a kind of buffet where you can pick up ready-made meals in case you get tired of cooking for yourself. Just up the road there are these ancient stones steps leading up to a chapel. It's really very charming just to walk a loop around the property for about 40 minutes past the school on a very beautiful stone path.
The view from the house takes in the town perfectly although the Sun rises slightly to the right of the pool meaning it's over the side of the house in the early afternoon. In the summer time that might be a relief but in October we missed it.
The kitchen/dining area is really very nice indeed a good place to cook and loads of space for storing food and all of the things you need including spices herbs and oil et cetera. You can really get everything you want in the local supermarket but if you need a bigger one it's about 20 minutes drive.
The first floor has the most luxurious ping-pong area I've ever seen. If you're into playing then you will have loads of fun! The bathrooms are very well appointed. It took us awhile to appreciate that the hot water is slow in building but comes in the end.
The land around the property was sometimes visited by people. I'm not sure if they were harvesting the fruit or just taking a walk but they didn't intrude on us. I found some lovely figs on the trees there and we enjoyed the sound of the local donkey and cockerel in the morning.
Overall I would say that if you want a very stylish and unique experience away from the tourists but close to a beautiful authentic Spanish town you couldn't go wrong renting this lovely house. If the weather is warm you can laze in luxury around this elegant pool but in autumn it's also a beautiful place to be.