Summary:
Loved the House and the owner, not so much the noisy neighborhood.
Plus:
1. New renovation, well done.
2. Smell is still pleasantly neutral. No mold, No smoke (yet, see below),
No fragrances (from detergent/dryer sheets, or air 'fresheners')
3. New appliances (tho an induction cooktop is not my personal preference). Kitchen stocked with some basic condiments.
4. Backyard is private and fun, 6' high locked privacy fence on all sides.
Nice heated pool, nice ~20'x12' hoop court, pool table, tv, darts, nice concrete/artificial turf around pool. Lots of pool towels.
5. Game consoles are fun; arcade and tv console.
6. 5 tvs, plenty of channels, good wifi everywhere.
7. *Huge plus: Mabel is extremely accommodating, excellent host.
8. *Huge plus: Geographic location is nearly perfect for Hard Rock stadium, HR concerts, FLL airport, major roads, Publix grocery, movie theaters, etc. Less than 30 mins to any of them, even with traffic.
9. *Huge plus: All 3 Beds. Perfect. All of us slept better here than pretty much anywhere else, even at home sometimes!
Minus:
1. Huge minus, out of owner's control; House is on a very busy major street, adjacent to a busy intersection. Cars/motorcycles, especially at night, race up and down the street...very noisy in backyard. Windows are solid enough that most of the road noise is mostly reduced inside the house;
luckily the master bedroom is the quietest, facing backyard.
2. Lights throughout could allow more user control...on/off switches in backyard (I like it much darker when night floating in pool - I had to cover 4 lights, and ask the owner to shut off the "in the pool" light remotely, to achieve reasonably dark);
and dimmer switches would be helpful on most light circuits in house (WAY too bright from most overheads - so we mostly kept them off).
3. Smoking in backyard is encouraged by ashtrays present.
Smokers don't realize that when they smoke outside, then walk in the house and breathe out for the next ~10 minutes, they effectively convert that house into a smoker's house for people like me, who are allergic.
It would be changed from a big minus to a big plus, and a help to the 10-15% of us who are made ill by this residue smoke,
if the owner would state, "No smoking on property; indoors or out, front or backyards"
4. We understand the need for security, but...
There are 2 wifi cameras in the backyard pointed at the pool and into the back door and windows; including kitchen, family rm area, and master bedroom. This is an invasion of privacy for a renter. Cams on front and sides are fine and expected these days, and cams on the rear of the house pointing AWAY from the house out into the backyard seem fine...but not pointed at and into personal areas as they are. They made us quite uncomfortable, and this is the first house out of dozens visited that did this.
5. Some of the ceiling vents blow straight down...brrr if you're sitting directly under it. Recommend changing the vent over the kitchen table to a more diffused type, to blow more gently in all directions without freezing arms and food on the table!