The villa is nice and the views are beautiful.

When we arrived, hot and tired, after a 6-hour drive, one of the owners was still mowing the grass, and the swimming pool was murky... The property was clearly not ready for paying guests, and we’d booked and paid weeks in advance. Our hearts sank in the cloudy water. You could barely see the bottom of the pool. Then, the other owner arrived, saying the first (caretaker) guy had just got back from his own holiday (good for him), and that “it’s never happened before” etc. Very disappointing. A pool tech arrived and poured in loads of salt to try to clear the water. We were assured the pool would be all clear the next morning. It wasn’t. I knew it would not be. There was slow, gradual improvement. The water wasn’t clear for at least 4 days, and we had booked 6 expensive nights. So, even though we could use the pool, it was not pleasant. The children used the pool straight away (it was safe, we were told), but my wife and I did not go in for a couple of days. The photos below were taken the day after we arrived. Also, the downstairs toilet and laundry room floor was constantly wet due to faulty, leaking old plumbing, which, when I mentioned it, was fixed during our stay, and took them two days/visits to rectify. More inconvenience, and hardly relaxing holiday activity. They were doing overdue maintenance during our valuable holiday… The owners offered us some free nights to come and stay there again in future, but I said no thanks, I wanted compensation for this current stay of six nights, not a future visit. They somewhat reluctantly agreed a small reimbursement sum in 3 weeks, which I was promised on a handshake and trust. I had no choice. We have received nothing, despite waiting nearly 6 weeks now, and prompting by messages. They have broken the agreement and broken our trust. The property is also inconvenient in terms of getting food and supplies, with the only option a 10-minute drive down the hill into town.