All vacation experiences are subjective. I'm glad people enjoyed their stay and gave it 5 stars. That was not our experience. For starters, it would have been nice to know before, or if it started after our rental agreement, that the water is turned off every day from between 3:30-5:00 in the afternoon and resuming between 7:30 and 9:30 in the morning. As part of the rental agreement, whenever you leave the building, it must be locked, the alarm set, the AC and fans turned off. This involves: locking your valuables in the safe, with 2 padlocks, locking the back door gate with a padlock, then locking the back door with a key, then locking the front door with a key, then locking the front gate with a padlock, but before you do that, arming the security system. Sometimes one of us forgot something, so the entire front door scenario had to be done again. As two, single ladies, we locked the gates and the doors from the inside at night too. We had to get a locksmith over because the front door key was bent and didn't always work and the rear door key started having issues by the time we left. It concerned us if we needed to leave in a hurry. As for Peace and Quiet, it can be, depending on who is in the rental next door. The houses are very close and the swimming pools allow for the sound to travel. We were lucky in the beginning, but the last days we had a group young people that started drinking their margaritas early, so by lunch the loud laughing, inappropriate language, and music started. We did mention, on their first day, about how sound travels, but tequila made them forget. The house is not on the beautiful beach, a 5 min. walk away, and the pool was the saving grace. The driving is terrible, the roads full of potholes, but in order to get decent groceries, you need one. Get Insurance! Someone at Super Nosara put a ding in my car. If I didn't have the insurance, I'd have been out quite a lot! There is lots to do in Playa Guiones, a long walk down the beach, but really nothing around this house. The kitchen and utensils were not very clean, nor organized, and the track light needs fixing/replacing as it's got a short. An electrician came, but never returned. Shorts can cause fires! The crashing noises on the roof - Ctenosaurs! Similar to Iguanas, they soak up the sun in the gutters. We left a day early, because of the water /laundry issue and I'm still waiting for my refund.