Having read other reviews of the hill approach, we were aware of it but it is really very steep, we had to exchange our hire car for something a bit more powerful to comfortably negotiate the road.
Onto the villa, beautiful views from everywhere, very well equipped with everything you'd need. Beautiful quality bed linens and towels. Good air con but sometimes the hill breezes were sufficient to keep us cool. Wifi is fast and reliable.
The villa manager Tik is exceptionally helpful and ordered us food one evening due to language barriers, she arranged for an electrical item to be installed for us, very quiet and unobtrusive when cleaning. She does live on the property grounds but as we've said, very unobtrusive presence. There is some building work in progress in the valley but nothing around the grounds of the villa, and outwith the owners control. Communication with Jean Marc was very good, very quick to respond to emails.
Local shops around tens minutes in a car, big Tesco Lotus in Bophut for anything and everything, lots of little shops selling typical tourist stuff, the walking market, Mae Nam on a Thursday was a great experience, huge choice of food which was delicious, crafts, clothes, t shirts etc etc, Samui can be expensive compared to other Thai locations, i.e. Chiang Mai.
Airport is just great, all open air, very relaxed but very efficient.
Overall a lovely villa, in a quiet location, ideal for a group of friends but perhaps not for very young children.
Thank you Jean Marc for your villa and Tik for looking after us.