First, I will start off with saying how beautiful the house was. Lovely decor, spacious and lots of character. Sadly, upon arrival, we discovered the freezer was leaking onto the hardwood floor. The property manager was quick to respond and had the property repairman stop in the next day. The leak was stopped, but the freezer door didn't close properly and a appliance tech was needed. I was never contacted again in regard to a tech's appointment, so we were unable to use the freezer during our stay. Kind of a bummer since we had 4 teenagers on the trip. The other issue I had with the house is it sits about 15-20 feet from Hwy 395. The master bedroom, second bedroom and upstairs have constant road noise. LOUD road noise. Road noise that starts about 5:30 am and tapers off around midnight. That may not be an issue for some, but even with a white noise machine, it often woke us up. In regard to beach proximity, it's great. I will say, it was easy to find bike parking, but parking the golf cart for beach access was quite the challenge. We sometimes ended up walking farther from our parking space than if we had just walked from the house. The community pool is directly across from the house. It was very quiet... small with nice lounge chairs but in June, the pool already felt like a very warm bathtub.
Overall, the experience was a 4 star... the house was great, but there was a lot of work involved in getting to the beach and quite a few sleepless mornings.