PROs: The owners were very responsive, the apartment was new, clean and in great shape. It was well equipped. The beach in front was beautiful. We could watch porpoises from the terrace. It's downtown location meant it was easy walking distance to lots of ice cream, bars and restaurants.
CONs: It is located on a busy traffic circle, across from 2 bars blasting live music through speakers to drown out the traffic. The music stops around 10pm, but it is not a quiet beach getaway. It is really a downtown location. The owners and other reviewers gave warning about the music, but it the speakers made it louder and more intrusive than we expected.
We have not been to Florida before, so it might be normal, but we were forbidden from opening the windows due to the central air conditioning. The windows were good sound proofing against the traffic, but it was a shame not to be able to hear the waves or smell the sea air. The windows and terrace doors had electric sensors that would inform the owners if you left them open, and there were many warning notices about financial penalties. It was vaguely creepy to be so monitored.
All the mattresses and pillows had plastic protective under layers, which made loud wrinkly sounds and didn't breathe. They made the beds uncomfortable. I recognize they put them on to protect their beds, but I would never choose to sleep on them at home and certainly didn't like it on vacation.
At the time of our visit, there was major construction happening just down the beach. As a result, there were lots of large trucks on the road, the beach to the south was closed off, and pile drivers were running all day.