The villa itself is in a lovely setting, amongst the mountains en route to Cala Vadella and, although there are other villas in the vicinity, it has a surprisingly remote feel. The interior of the villa is quite rustic, in keeping with the surroundings, while the exterior is excellent with a few differing zones that look slightly hodge podge from the photos on Vrbo but work excellently.
We had a lovely stay in the villa with our two children (4 months and 4) and our friends and their 20 month old, the villa is perfect for families with young children with a variety of different playpens, bouncers, multiple high chairs and pool floaties.
The only thing drawback with the villa was the owner, whose conduct left a lot to be desired. On the day we checked out he could not make it to the villa at 11:45AM to checkout so he advised us to leave the keys in the letterbox and he would handle everything, mistake.
The villa was left tidy but not scrupulously clean (as you would expect after a week long stay with three children under 5 and given a clean is included in the cost). Admittedly also a few pots and pans were left accidentally dirty and some water based felt-tip pen marks were left on a table but the owner felt this gave him carte blanche to place the blame on many of the tired items of the villa on us. Given we were not there for the checkout there was very little we could do. I understand it has been a tough couple of years for owners of holiday homes and many of them are feeling the strain but this was too far.
When we returned home we received a msg via Vrbo from the owner who, having perused the CCTV of the entrance to the property, accused us of breach of contract by having extra guests with "permanence of residence", threatening a lawsuit and that action had already been raised via the Guardia Civil. Indeed, we had visitors to the villa, as we have in multiple locations across the globe. When we highlighted these were visitors rather than guests the owner became aggressive and accused us of lying. The contract is unclear, if we were not allowed visitors, why was that not made clear? If we were not allowed visitors, why, on the two instances the owner saw us with them did he not make it clear either? No parties is clear and completely understandable. If the owner could not meet us at our checkout time why was he coming up the road at the exact time we were leaving?
Lovely villa, great holiday, owner left a bitter taste at the end.