The Happy Little Cottage is a piece of paradise preserved. If you are using it for a launch pad to all that San Diego has to offer than you've chosen wisely...I call it the 20 minute to anywhere and everywhere in San Diego peaceful home. If you want to play and hang out at the Beach exclusively, you found your place. It works seemingly all ways. J-me and Clark are hosts who understand why we choose vacation rentals...privacy, convenience, charm and room to roam. They live next door in another California beach charmer but never intruded on our 8 days in Mission Beach. I was concerned the "carny" Belmont Park located 1/2 mile from the cottage would diminish the Bay/Beach nature of our stay...it did NOT...the roller coaster just made it easy to tell where to turn when we arrived! J-me promptly replied to my emails as we procured Happy Cottage. Happy Cottage makes you feel like you found a post-WWII beach cottage preserved and enhanced with WIFI. The tub is a big beauty inviting even my 6'5" son to stretch out and soak. If you want beach toys, bikes, boogie boards, coolers, beach chairs and beach towels aplenty this is your place. A couple miles away in Pacific Beach you have Ralph's and Sprouts for groceries. The two porches...front and back let you modulate temperature and privacy...I loved the entire experience. Being a 2 bedroom neither my adult son nor I had to choose bunking in a living room! The price is hard to beat for a 2 bedroom cottage enveloped in the arms of the Bay and the Beach. The Ocean Beaches quiet toward sunset inviting soft contemplative walks watching "squadrons" of Pelicans flying back from their fishing. The Cottage has perfect cross ventilation and ceiling fans...just lovely. The off street parking in the alley requires a smallish vehicle angle parked..the Ford Focus we rented was no problem. Both bedrooms afforded lovely night's sleep.