Luis' house had the perfect location for us: you can feel the sea breeze, see a bit of the ocean even, and walk along the cliffs leading to either
a) an easy accessible beach (Praia de Sao Juliao) frequented by many surf schools and with two little cafés (one of them closed during our stay) or
b) to a more "wild" beach (Praia da Vigia) where you have to climb down the steep cliff but are rewarded with basically an empty beach (it's cut off from the other beach during high tide, otherwise they're connected and make for a nice walk!).
The beaches with their cliffs are simply beautiful!
For shopping and everything else,you definitely need a car!
Since we had our dog with us, it was great to have an outside area at the house too where he could run or relax in the sun. The house is well fenced with a 2m stone wall which was perfect for us. It also has a little fish pond which can be a problem for dogs with prey drive (we managed to keep ours away from it but it needed supervision).
The interior is functional and was equipped with everything we needed.
We had little problems here and there (gate stopped working due to a depleted battery, pool turned green, water dripped from ceiling) but Luis was always easy to reach and tried his best to solve the issues for us.
Almost all neighbours have dogs that guard their properties but we didn't mind their occasional barking (neither did our dog). During the nights they were quite.
We stayed 3 weeks whereof we worked 1 from the house. WiFi was sufficient for 2 people on video calls simultaneously so not a problem at all.
We enjoyed our stay!