I wanted to give it 5 stars as I'm not normally one to leave any negative review, however all the other raving reviews had my expectations high and I felt like my friends and I were left feeling slightly dissatisfied with our decision to stay there. So I just wanted to make sure you were fully informed before you choose the stay for your vacation.
I will start and say that Minh was kind and responsive, and they left lots of snacks and items for guests which was very much appreciated. The beds and linens were also all very comfortable which we very much appreciated!
However the house is very old and in some major need for renovations and felt quite cluttered with random items. Plumbing was old and we had issues with water temperatures for showers and whatnot. And the pictures were slightly deceiving as to how much traffic we would see, but theres non stop LOUD and FAST traffic, and since there's no ac we had to have the windows open which made sleeping difficult. We also struggled a bit with how loud the actual house is as you walk around which made sleeping for our littles difficult when anyone would walk around.
Overall the location is okay, the beach is nice that there's not many people there and it's nice that it's an easy walk there, but the waves are very small to nonexistent and there's just a ton of homeless people everywhere. We ended up driving down to Huntington Beach one of the days which was a much better beach experience.
We did love the view and the large windows in the front, the kids loved having the tennis courts to play on and we also loved the sun room which was a great hang out spot. Despite the downfalls we still had a pretty good trip and we're grateful to Minh for allowing us to stay there!