We used the house as a “home base” to visit area beaches- Sanibel, Fort Myers (Bowditch), Barefoot Beach, and Marco Island. We ended up spending 2 of our 7 night stay in a hotel on Marco. The house did have a pool which was nice for the kids as I prepared for the beach or for downtime after. Within a block or so is a River beach, at which we enjoyed a beautiful sunset one night. The location is fine if you’re there to enjoy the town of East Cape Coral, which does have restaurants, cafes, bars, etc, that looked cool. Ordered from Two Meatballs in a Kitchen and was very pleasantly surprised by their pizza (especially being from NJ). So the house has some positives going for it, but I’d never stay there again. It did not come close to my standard of clean and needs many updates. We toured Sanibel with a guy and his boat (hourly rate, great time, highly recommend), and he was upset how filthy our feet were and marking up his boat. The runners of sliding glass door were disgusting with hair, dirt, red sticky stuff,...And I understand it’s FL, but having family there, I’ve been there twice a year for 40 years, all over the state, and have never seen roaches in a house where I’m staying (let alone twice in one week, second time after pest control was called). Needs a deep clean. I did ask about relocating but never received a response- understand it’s a busy time and my other issues were responded to. Staying somewhere else for two nights, I was able to get through it, but it was pretty bad. Again, my standards are pretty high, so if those things are not your priority, then it’s a good location for East Cape Coral downtown- friendly neighborhood- felt safe.