Positives- the location was the BEST we could have hoped for! Walking to anything and everything we wanted to do was easy! The bedrooms are large and there are 4 full bathrooms so our adult children had plenty of space to spread out and having two sets of washers and dryers was great when we were packing to head home. We also very much enjoyed the pool in the backyard- it is small, but perfect for soaking after a day in the sun!
Negatives- We were NOT prepared for roosters screaming at 3, 4, 5 am. I would definitely recommend earplugs. There is street noise pretty much all the time, but this is no different than any downtown city area so we were not bothered by this. The house definitely has an insect problem. The property listing and information state that ants and palmetto bugs are common due to being in a tropical area. Being from Florida (Destin, Fort Walton Beach), I am very familiar with the Florida insects and was not deterred by these statements. However, we had ants covering the kitchen every morning, even attacking food that was completely sealed and found an infestation in the microwave (which we did not even use for food). We saw several palmetto bugs and they were not moving slowly, which tells me perhaps there is not regular pest control service. The worst part was that almost our whole family (5 out of 7 people) woke up each morning covered in bug bites (not mosquitos) that were not there when we went to bed- roaches/bedbugs?