We had a great stay at this home. The house has an odd layout, but it ended up giving our group of seven adults and an infant privacy and our own space. The description offered by the host is accurate, but it's difficult to 'get' until you see it. We had planned to put my mom in the primary bedroom because it was her 80th birthday (and she's weird about sharing bathrooms), but since the crib room is connected to the primary bedroom, we had to do some rearranging.
The best parts of the property for us were the proximity to the beach via path out of the lower patio and the pool. The location is great--walking distance to almost anything you need. The property manager, Gustavo, was extremely responsive and friendly during our stay.
We hired a personal chef (DailyChewCatering) was such a great decision!) for a special birthday dinner. The house was well appointed with enough plates, silverware, wine glasses etc. There were some basic spices and a few things left by other guests. We also hired a photographer for family pics (JennaJoPhoto was awesome!). Traveling with a baby, it was nice to have a stocked laundry room since we had to wash his clothes before photos. There are plenty of beach towels, a few beach toys and two outside showers to rinse off when returning from the beach.
The house could use some updating and maintenance. Bring a lighted travel makeup mirror as the bathroom lighting is inadequate, even if we weren't having photos taken. The basement and main floor bathrooms aren't big enough to share so plan on rotating people thru if you have a big group. We were all trying to get ready at one time one morning so this may not be an issue for others. The primary en suite bath is huge. Others have mentioned the spa and pool can't be heated at the same time. It wasn't an issue for us, and the salt water pool was so lovely it didn't matter. The bathrooms could use a few more supplies, but Gustavo will bring you what you need if something runs out. We ended up with two big rental cars by chance--a Suburban & a Traverse. Be aware the driveway is narrow. If the windows of the Suburban didn't fold in we wouldn't have been able to fit down the driveway. The odd picture in the listing with open concrete space and plants is the parking courtyard where you enter the front door. Two big cars max, maybe three little cars. Street parking is limited. If you're traveling with an older person or anyone with knee problems, be aware there are a lot of stairs. If you're traveling with small children, pack some outlet covers and a little bag of strong rubber bands to babyproof the lower cabinets. This house, and all airbnb's in my opinion, could use a junk drawer--scissors, a pad of paper, a couple pens, those rubberbands, a couple clothespins to keep drapes closed in the nursery etc. We stayed in mid-Sept so the sun sets early. It was warm enough to eat outside, but there isn't good outside lighting. On the brightside, while eating outside after sunset we saw the biggest owl any of us had ever seen land on the neighbor's roof. Super cool.
The quirks of the house are totally manageable. Since we were traveling with a 16 month old, the upstairs nursery & children's room were perfect. We could have stayed another week, would definitely stay again and hope to book the same week next year.