Friends bought a villa not far from Nazar Garden Hotel. I was going there for dinner one evening, when they rang to say to bring my wellies, 'cos it was raining. I thought it was a wind up, until I arrived; the only way to reach the front door was to take off my shoes & socks & roll my jeans up to mid calf
It was then that the penny dropped as to why there were 3 steps up to the front door
They did install a pump in their garden, which helped a bit, but as the villa slightly uphill of them didn't have a pump, it wasn't overly effective