You know how sometimes you go away to the beach and settle into a rental house that is filled with charm, hominess, TLC, and the warmth of the family? That's NOT this house. This house is a well-appointed, clean, well-run investment property. It is an affordable, friction-free, smooth experience, but it is not a charming, lively, delightful house that helps you make memories.I'll break down the pros and cons.It was clean and spacious. It had plenty of towels, and it came with sheets and blankets. The wall A/C units worked. The door locks were easy and worked. It was about a mile from a TERRIFIC beach (Ryder's), and about the same from a terrific pond. The TVs were large and worked. The kitchen was well stocked with cookware and cutlery. When we needed extra sheets because a child got sick, the service dropped them off within a couple hours. The caretaker, Brian, was very responsive by text. The house delivered all it promised.Here's what the house did not have: Any personal touches. Almost no board games, only one or two books, very little art on the walls. No bikes or boogie boards in the garage. There was dish soap, but not laundry detergent (the kind of thing that a family might leave behind as a nice touch). No throw blankets, no rugs.Basically, you know how AirBnB's started off as people's homes that they were renting out for a night or two, then became, over time, anonymous investments? That's what this was. In a sense, perfect; in another sense, very lacking.