I talked to Maria last week and she as more than helpful and extremely nice. She was a bit guarded at first but then we were laughing by mid convo. I'm going to make sure that I write a review on Tripadvisors when I return. I found out that my email was filtered as"party group" because I asked about the quiet policy and loudness factor,which they try to avoid due to past experiences. So she apologized and said she will have to be more careful about that process. She explained why they had the quiet policy.Made sooo much sense. Apparantly the owner/ex owner of Villa Chez rented out the place/basement to 10 students who over ran the communal pool and were basically loud and a mess. So since then, she has been trying to keep the atmosphere less springbreakish because many of the other owner and guest complained and of course were uncomfortable. I totally felt where she was coming from and she hadn't realized that I was infact the person that she spoke with earlier. For the complaints against her, they both came in the same month and I seriously think she may have just been having a bad time or something because the reviews before them were positive in respects to her.
Mid- I asked her about all of us gathering at the pool villa before we go out and if we would be heard. 12 people , excited,talking.. noise will follow. She assured me that we wouldn't be heard because the villa has high ceilings, plus fans and the central AC going. You know that I was very happy to hear her say it without seeming concerned that we would tear the house down. She said we can just keep the door closed as we play our music. I assured her that we aren't the spring breaker type and we wont be overtaking the pool. There are about 12 of us so I know that it would be crowded and overwhelming since it is not that big. I had already tried renting private usage of an unrented villa's pool from Gundula of Home Key Management which is basically a few steps away, but she said the owners decided not to do that anymore because most of the villas that did not have pools are building them.
Anyway, all of my worries were put to ease. She was very accommodating. Offered to arrange a bus for our airport transport and gave me the details about having a cook. Even answered some questions that I had forgotten to ask. I was at ease after talking with you but I'm so much more comfortable now. Like I said, I can't help worrying when I am trying to accommodate everyone. (I'm planning for a B-Day lounge party in two weeks, and I've been stressing over whether or not toget a table or two and will everyone fit, yaddi yaddi. Always trying to accommodate folks.)
As for the villas, I haven't heard one person complain about them. I have spoken with two people on TA who have stayed their recently and they said they were immaculate. The ones that we rented are very nice, so I am not worried.