Dean's place is wonderfully situated with great views of the Ocean. We had a lovely stay. The access to the water, decks, and sounds of the waves are fantastic. The interior is pretty much as pictured. The house is right on the highway so it was a bit louder at times (between the sounds of the waves crashing). Getting in and out of the garage can be tricky and a bit dangerous if there's a lot of traffic because you almost have to back out onto the highway with a larger vehicle. Also, there were two cars from the other unit above and one was parked outside the garage, which made it a bit stressful to enter/exit the house with cars flying by as that car was blocking the view of oncoming cars. People are probably used to this in Malibu, but if you're just visiting, it's worth noting. During high tide, the waves basically come the whole way up so there's not much beach, but during low tide, you can walk almost freely up and down this stretch of the beach which is lovely. We saw lots of dolphins and seals lounging on the nearby rocks. Lastly, the stairs down to access to the beach are actually shared with the other unit Dean rents above this unit, so while it's private in the sense that the public can't use it, it's not technically private for you when you book this unit only. I hope Dean makes this very clear in the listing description. We frequently ran into other guests and the stairs down is narrow. On one occasion, the guests in the other unit had a bunch of people over with coolers who used the private access to the beach. Guests should be aware that the stairs to the beach are shared with the other unit.