Overall:
Spacious home with 6 bedrooms, in a great residential community close to the beaches, shopping, FLL, and Miami. It’s clearly a newly renovated home, with the main purpose of being rented out. This is not a bad thing, but don’t expect a lot of nice decor, character, or an abundance of cooking equipment (and the fun random kitchen items, or pool toys, you often find in a rental)
The good:
- Clean and well maintained
- Nice, spacious bathrooms
- Plenty of space indoors and outdoor
- Heated pool
- Comfortable beds
- Nice recreation room with pool table and TV upstairs
- Excellent communication
What could be better:
- The pool deck is very very slippery and will need some sort of anti-slip treatment. Multiple kids fell (even when just slowly walking).
- Kitchen equipment: very bare for a group of 10-ppl. The key essentials were provided, but it forced us to run the dishwasher twice a day. If you were planning to do any decent cooking, there were hardly any pans, bowls, serving utensils, or cutting boards. There were also no grilling tools.
- Light: all lights have dimming switches, except the main lights above the dining room table. It felt like eating in a hospital cafeteria.
- Decor: the main living room is very sterile and has no decor. Albeit not an issue, I'd suggest adding some basic decor. This will also help with soundproofing.
The main reasons for deducting one star are the slippery pool deck, the general sterile look and feel of the home, and the limited kitchen equipment. I’ve shared all this with the owner, and am confident they will address this.
