This is a wonderful property, we loved our time over Christmas there. We spent the mornings by the pool, which is beautifully landscaped and very quiet and private, and the afternoons we walked to the beach which was perhaps 12 minutes, and then came back to the house to sit by the canal and watch the sunset.
We walked once to down town Lauderdale by the Sea, but mostly we drove and parked, which was easy and there are lots of beachy restaurants right there. The neighborhood is very residential, and because the house is on a canal, there is the fun of watching all the boats. We look forward to renting there again.