The best thing about this house? LOCATION, LOCATION, LOCATION! Walk out the front door, the bay is one block to the left. There is also a nice park with a playground if you have young kids. Turn right out the front door, and it's a two block walk to the ocean. Also within walking distance of the small market that has all your basic needs, and a couple of neighborhood bars/restaurants. Close to Belmont Park (can walk to it) and SeaWorld. Between 10-15 min to Ralph's grocery store in Pacific Beach. The house is located on a pedestrian court with garage access from the alley in back. I really liked this because it kept the street noise down. And you need garage parking because there is hardly any street parking and it is always seemed scarce.

The pictures accurately represent this house. The downstairs floor is all woodgrain tile, beautifully updated kitchen with everything you need to make a meal happen. The bedroom with the two twins is on the main floor. There is noise separation with the bathroom located between the bedroom and living room, so our younger son didn't have any trouble sleeping. The stairs and upstairs level are covered in new, soft, wall-to-wall carpet. There is a picture of a television in the master bedroom, but, fyi, it does not work. Front deck has a gas grill and a nice eating area. And because the house is on a pedestrian court, again, no cars passing by while you're eating, and the only people walking by are pretty much the people that live there. Once the sun leaves the front deck after lunch, you can still catch it on the upstairs deck off the master bedroom.

There is a beach cart and various beach toys/chairs located in the garage, making it easy to lug stuff to the beach with kids tagging along. There are bars of soap/toilet paper in the bathrooms, paper towels/sponge/dish soap in the kitchen, and beach towels in the hall closet.

The only drawbacks we experienced were the temperature of the house upon arrival and the wi-fi. No heat had been turned on before we arrived and it was really very cold in the house. Given that the entire downstairs floor is tile, it took a while to warm up. We arrived at night, so it was a chilly dinner, bath, and bedtime. Also, the wi-fi is slow. Really slow. Which is not a big deal if you are completely on vacation. I'm only mentioning this because if you're planning on getting any serious work done on the wi-fi, it is not going to happen unless you are in the other upstairs bedroom sitting next to the router. You could also go to Starbuck for wi-fi, which is across from Belmont Park.

Overall, this was a GREAT vacation rental and we really enjoyed our stay here over the holiday break. Again, the location was AMAZING, and we would definitely stay at this house again.