Super cute place, everything was brand new. The hosts are super friendly, helpful and nice and communicating with them was FAST and easy.
This place truly is about a 5 minute or less to the beach/dog beach.
The parking is right there, right next to the building, you can see your car out the front or front kitchen window, I loved that. I have a Jeep Grand Cherokee and it fit with plenty of space, maneuvering it into the spot was pretty easy, backing it out was a bit more challenging...there is a tree there and the curbs are super high, but it really was awesome to have off street parking for sure!
The street noise (people walking by) was not bad at all, mainly I believe because the location of the apt is about a 7-10 minute walk to the main street (Newport) where the majority of shops and restaurants are. That is not to say that there are not any shops or restaurants closer, there are, there is a liquor store on the next block and a 7-11 like 2 blocks away and there are also a lot of mom and pop restaurants along the route to Newport.
The two down sides is that because this is an apartment, and because it is on the ground level, we could hear the people above walking around, it was pretty loud. Also, one night I could hear the guy above coughing up a storm, sounded almost like he was right there in the room. The other thing is that due to the proximity of the airport, you will hear airplanes overhead, but to be honest, you get used to it and tune them out.
Overall this is an awesome place and if accepted, I would totally stay again !!