We bought one of the older stucco courtyard villas (built 1993) 2 years ago. It is in great shape. It had a contract for termite control when we bought it and we have kept that up. We have solar tubes in both baths, and yes, we are always trying to turn out the lights. They don't leak at all.
For us the issue was the looks of the courtyard wall. Sounds silly, but the new models have vinyl fences between villas with stucco only at the back. The older models like ours have stucco all the way around which we felt looked much nicer. Also, we liked the location -- close to both SS and LSL. At least so far we are pretty much equidistant from north, south, and historic areas so all golf courses are easily reachable by cart.
So all that is really a long winded way to say that it boils down to personal preference.
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