Our house is part of a condomium with 2 tennis courts, a swimming-pool (the 5 mns walk garantees the quietness). It is a safe area where you can walk but you need the car to go everywhere (2 kms to the grocery store, 10 mn to Grasse city center, 30 mn to the beaches, 45 mn to Nice...).
We love our house but we must admit that it is getting old and it would need some renovation although everything is working fine.
It can get hot during summer and we do not have air conditioning. We close all the shutters/windows, go to the pool twice a day, take cold showers and we can survive :-)