Our family of four really enjoyed staying in this darling home. Emily was a great host and quickly responded to all of my questions even just mom-to-mom things like advice about how to deal with kids covered in beach sand!! The cottage has so many amenities for little kids... Lots of toys and books, a sandbox, grassy yard, shaded garden area and side porch. It was wonderful.
As others have mentioned, the cottage is directly in the SAN flight path and at first it is shocking how loud the planes are. But we soon grew accustomed to it, and since we were out and about most of the day it wasn't a problem.
With two young kids 2 & 4) we made SERIOUS use of the washer and dryer. It was so helpful to take care of wet beach clothes and such. Big plus of this cottage.
The location was great for us with Sea World 10 mins away and so close to the beach. If you're used to a "grid system" city with straight streets, San Diego and Ocean Beach take some getting used to! A navigation system in the rental car or your cell phone is a MUST.
Our only real negative was just timing... July is hot and humid enough that we were really missing the air conditioning we were used to at home. Yes, the cottage has lots of ceiling fans and you can open all the doors and windows for a nice ocean breeze, but no AC. We found that was true of lots of places we visited too... Even very nice restaurants were much warmer than we expected. We choose July so that the water would would warm enough for the kids, but next time I would come in a cooler time of year.