We lived 19 years in a block and stucco house in Sarasota and painted it every 5 years. We have a house with vinyl siding in The Villages - given a choice I would have taken a block and stucco home as I think they are more attractive but we found the house we liked in the location we wanted and that was the only feature lacking.
If you decide to clean your block and stucco home I would suggest you use a bucket of soapy water and an extendable deck brush to wash it down and then hose it off with a regular hose. Power washers are the tool of choice for removing stucco - it doesn't take much pressure in a crack to pop the stucco clean off the wall. Personally I find people do a lot of damage with pressure washers.
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