Location, location, location!
If you are looking for somewhere they you can sit in your room all day in comfort and style, this isn't your place. It has the necessary amenities to sleep, shower, and snack. The beach, the ocean and the nearby restaurants and activities will keep you from even thinking about spend more time than necessary in three room. Unless your have a room with a view (which I recommend) that you can see the ocean, there's not much reason to stay in the room anyway. Yes, it needs some updating, but the value for the location is a great deal. Several restaurants within a 10 walk and several more within 15 minutes. Highly recommend Oceanic and the Beach house, and Kaluz is a 10-15 minute drive toward Ft. Lauderdale. There is a public transit shuttle that works a little like a free Uber, but definitely tip your driver; download the app called Circuit and it will have all the details. We used that to get back from getting groceries at Publix. No car is necessary for a nice relaxing stay in this area. We flew into Ft. Lauderdale, took an Uber to Ebbtide (about $35), walked everywhere, used the shuttle once, took an Uber Ft Lauderdale for dinner and back ($10/ trip) and Uber back to airport. So approximately $100 total for Uber, cost of rental car would have been over $400. Definitely plan to visit again.