My husband and I are travelling with the new Barbados visa scheme so we worked from "home" 4am till 1:30 pm on working days. We also quarantined at the villa. Villa is overall 5 stars, especially for holidays.
Cons: Noisy neighbourhood. Maybe it would not have been obvious if we had had children with us or if we had not been working but there is animals, adults, children, cars and all sorts making constant noise from 4 am till midnight every day. And I really mean constantly. Dogs bark all the time, there is goats and chickens never really shutting up, children crying and, a party of people at the top of the street having a noisy street party EVERY day at around 5pm. Music and TVs are played loud and all the cars coming past "beep" to alert pedestrians (there is no footpath).
Quarantine security - this is a first for me, and I would gladly do it all over again to "escape" my flat in London. BUT there is 2 types of quarantines in Barbados. Some villas have security personnel stationed outside the house, some have security cameras. I thought it would not make a difference but it did. Security guards (don't get me wrong, understandably as they are probably mega bored!) in turn, "sang" X factor audition style, played TV on our wifi (slowing our work), nosed around by the pool (their toilet being at the back of the property), came in for a chat unannounced and, one night, even came to sleep on our patio. At the end they overstayed their welcome by extending their "guarding" by 24 hours after we came out of quarantine (John, the super duper property manager managed to get rid of them for us :)). It is not the villa or the owner's fault but if possible I would recommend a villa with cameras instead.
The outside of the property and sunbathing chairs when we arrived had not been thoroughly cleaned, I actually left them cleaner than what I found them :). The cleaner, Simone, came twice in the fortnight and she's adorable but she only cleans the inside of the property.
Pros: super fast internet, very reliable. Very big villa, spacious, very very well maintained. Probably one of the best villa I have been at (and we travel a lot!). The décor is gorgeous. Beautiful curtains, all in working order, plenty of kitchen stuff and generous allowance of essentials and towels,beautiful view of the sunsets on the Platinum coast, gorgeous big pool! ALL 4 bedrooms great size, great lighting. John, the property manager helped us with the shopping twice. Recommended