We were a family of 5 persons, and the villa was great.
Well furnished, good location, WONDERFUL view.
The location is a bit secluded, so a car is a must - a small grocery is reachable for about 15mn walk however. Also you can enjoy the restaurant and bar at the Coconut Resort.
We booked a car with driver, in order to secure our holidays (not used to drive left, and the % of accidents in Koh Samui were too high to take a risk). A 4h car+driver is about 2000 baht (for a minivan), so not a good idea to take the risk.
Back to the villa : the major thing to know is that it's situated in a location where a lot of villas are being built : a dozen several years ago, now 2 or 3 dozen. Tomorrow (that is : in a few months !) one or 2 dozen more...
I think it's the major drawback : during our stay, we faced the many cars, trucks and such just in front of our swiming pool. It last only from working hours, that is approx 9am to 12am and 2pm to 5pm from monday to friday.
I think that from november we will see the roof of the future villa being built just in front of the villa. I think we still should be able to see the islands from far, but the view to the Samrong bay should be spoilt.
The good news however is that while more and more villa are built, there are also facilities to reach Samrong bay : from the villa, just turn left to a built stairs, then a 200m walk (with 10m very steep walk), then the entrance to the Coconut Resort (with free entrance to the beach via the restaurant)
So from the villa you should reach the beach within 5-10mn walk.
For the other bay (thongson bay), it's not reachable by walk for now even if you can see it from the hill.
Let's hope that with all the villa and apartment around, there will be some 7-eleven or FamilyMart so that there are no needs to take a car to buy water (and beer)
I chose this villa knowing that there are constructions in the area, but I didn't think there were plans to build a set of villas just in front of ours. During our stay, the workers did the preparation tasks (uprooting trees, level the ground).
Part from that, we enjoyed our stay. The manager is very Professional and is easily reachable via phone or whatsapp.
If you rent a car+driver I would recommend to rent it from the airport, so that the driver will be able to find the way to the villa.
I would also recommend to find the exact location of the villa with Google maps/satellite views. John will help you for that. This is VERY useful to show it to your taxi/your driver.
Part from that will I recommend this villa ? Yes.
1) because it's the only villa with a sala
2) well maintained villa
3) in a few months, the constructions will finish, so no noise and dust anymore
4) easy access to the beach (careful : a 10m steep [40° !] road)