What a wonderful home and host! I wouldn’t want to stay anywhere else in OB. The only thing I can complain about is that I wish we stayed longer! Christina is the best! She was amazing with communication and seemed to have everything we needed and more!
It was so great that she provided so many things for our two kiddos (10 months and 2.5 y/o). She provided a pack in play for our baby (we just brought a sheet for it, umbrella stroller, toddler rail and multiple toys for both ages. Our toddler loved the beach toys and boogie board. The home is very kid friendly. The only thing I had to keep an eye on was the baby who loved to scoot over to try to touch the buttons on the router. But that was it! The rooms are a good size and we were very comfortable! The AC in the bedrooms were great too because it got warm a couple days we were there and they were a life saver.
The kitchen was awesome with lots of space and had everything and more! The only thing that really came in handy for us that we brought was sandwich bags and gallon zip locks for the beach. And a coffee grinder. I didn’t even look to see if there was one since we brought ours. We brought a lot of our own food and the refrigerator and freezer were perfect. We didn’t use the grill which shocked me but there’s one there if you need it. Multiple choices for coffee. My husband is all about the coffee press and I used the boring old coffee pot (coffee filters were provided). She also had a Keurig, magic bullet, lots of pots and pans, all the cooking utensils, toddler dishes... also the basics like salt, pepper, cooking spray, honey...there’s so much more and when I did have a question before our trip I messaged Christina and she got right back to me.We used the crockpot a couple times and on the nights we didn’t cook we searched on Yelp and went through Grub Hub to order food. One night they delivered right to the beach. BBQ on the beach was awesome!!!
The home is super close (a couple blocks) to all the fun spots in OB and the pier. The beach by the home was perfect! It was amazing for the two small kiddos and so close!
There’s a great enclosed patio where we kept all our sandy items and beach chairs. Plus a hose where you can hose off the kiddos. The home also had all sorts of cleaning supplies so you could keep their beautiful house picked up on sandy beach days. The house is set further back in the units so you have a ton of privacy and it’s great being so close to the alley for when you walk to the beach.
Sorry for my random thoughts but I was trying to think of things I wanted info on before our trip. We are a very laid back family and this was the perfect laid back beach house that felt like a home away from home. OB is such a fun and quirky place! It’s not super fancy (which was perfect with small kids so I was t stressed about them destroying things) but it had all that we needed and more. We seriously had a great stay and the house to us was worth every penny!