I'd give the house 3.5 stars, but the neighborhood gets 1 star. The house is clean & functional--lots of minor maintenance issues (6 lightbulbs out, an uneven stovetop, remotes & clocks all out of batteries, broken trashcan, electrical wires exposed in some lightswitches)--the kind of minor quirks you expect to find in an inexpensive rental home. Overall, the house was nice and functional. Very clean. We liked the layout and small pool for our toddlers (note--we saw coyotes behind in the backyard most mornings, and alligators nearby, like most places in Florida). Nice value, lots of space, & functional furniture.
The neighborhood, however, was a nightmare. Loud parties until 2 in the morning 5 nights we were there. The cops banged on our door at 5 am one night, looking for someone. People come here to get drunk and party at all hours of the night. Also, there was a very, very dysfunctional entrance to the gate that required us to wait 20-45 minutes just to enter the gate! They transitioned to a new gate check in system in the middle of my 2 week visit, and the lines typically were backed up 8-20 cars long, full of angry, honking people, compounded by lack of signage or anyway for people like us with an access code to even reach the gate. But even 1 week later after the new gate was in place, we regularly had to wait 30 minutes just to enter the gate. We felt trapped at our rental home, afraid to leave for fear that we'd be part of the mob of angry cars trapped outside the gate for up to an hour. The property owners blamed the delay on the transition, but I doubt it's going to improve much, since the long lines and mayhem continued even 1 week after the new gate was installed--and the lines were long at peak times like a Saturday night, as well as random times like 10 am on a Thursday. There's no signage or communication about how to use it, and there was such an angry clash of cultures outside the gate, lots of honking and anger. I'm shocked the cops weren't stationed outside to direct traffic. Everything about the gate was poorly communicated, dysfunctional, and time-consuming. While the house was nice, I won't stay again due to the dysfunction of the neighborhood and ridiculous wait times just to enter the gate.
Note: I read in an older review that the can opener was broken. It's still broken. Please buy a new can opener so that no one hurts themself trying to pry it open with a knife, as we did. Thanks!