My wife and I have been going to Thailand for November for a considerable number of years now and normally stay in a condo, this was our first year in a villa and chose this villa due to the good reviews it had received, the private pool, loungers and stated tranquillity. It also looked airy, spacious and best of all a washing machine and oven. The villa was exactly as described and we were initially very pleased with our choice on arrival. Russell had met us at the Bus station and had ordered a taxi to take us round to the villa and explained everything we needed to know about the villa and the local area. It is ideally located for access to the town by the 10 baht bus and there are many restaurants and drinking holes in the local area along with a 7/11 convenience store and Tescos a short walking distance away. We had couple of minor problems with the villa that Russell quickly sorted out and was always contactable by text or email. However, the neighbours to the rear of the property were very noisy and the first week of our stay played games which involved shaking dice in a cup and slamming on the table as hard as they possibly could, this was followed with raucous laughter at every turn until the early mornings and on one occasion until 0245, it got so bad that we considered moving from the master bedroom to another room to gain some sleep. Thankfully they stopped after a week, it was then the turn of their cockerel with no sense of time to take over. He started from the early hours and managed to get all the cockerels in the neighbourhood to answer him. He ceased at dawn. There is a large two storey building being built in front of the villa, the work started an hour after dawn and continued until 5PM seven days a week, sometimes later. There was banging, hammer drills and grinders being constantly used all day driving us away from pool which we would have liked to have enjoyed, there was also the lack of privacy from the upstairs of the building with the builders continually staring down at us when sitting on the veranda or when in the pool. Perhaps we were unlucky as the neighbours assured us that the area is normally quite quiet, unfortunately it wasnt tranquil as described while we were there. Due to the noise and building work we could not recommend this villas as we were unable to fully utilise the facilities as we would have liked, a shame as the property itself was very nice. Next year back to a condo for us.