I love living on a pond. We enjoy sitting on our lanai in the early morning sipping coffee and watching the pond. At night it is also beautiful.
Alligators? Yup, we have them. They go from pond to pond when they are interconnected by tunnels, etc. They lie by the edge and sun themselves. They have never bothered us.......they seem very afraid of people and scatter upon approach.
We like watching the Sand Hill Cranes, Iingas (Sp), etc. We have 24" bass in our pond.
Our pond, (funny Floridians call it a lake, but it is a pond) is spring fed and never dries up. It has never gotten algae or anything. It is clear and nice.
On the other side of the pond we have a golf course, and the green is right there to watch. Very nice.
I did not pay more for this, but it is one of the main reasons I bought the house.......
Frank D.