Our family really enjoyed this house. We felt like we all had our own space. It's a lovely home and very clean. There were lots of little extras like toothbrush/paste and snacks. The neighborhood is beautiful and we could see the NYE fireworks from our front porch! Apparently there was a miscommunication on the part of the housekeepers and the house had not been cleaned when we arrived. The owner was very responsive and immediately sent the housekeepers over who were very nice and worked around us while they cleaned. The owner even came by to make sure everything was okay and brought us treats. The location to the beach was great but I do have an issue with the beach itself. Tons of garbage washes up on shore everyday and the city of Long Beach does very little to clean it up. Such a shame. I picked up garbage everyday. The city runs a tractor over the beach on some days which gets about 35% of it. We went down to nearby Huntington beach which was much cleaner, but I guess they have a stingray infestation there and three of our kids were stung. It was so painful! Even with the beach issues however, we still had an amazing vacation thanks in part to this great house.