This house was absolutely perfect for our group of 9 adults and four kids ages four and under! We were there for a week, Monday to Monday.
The main floor is huge with lots of room to spread out. Lots of seating for lounging and for eating. We never felt we were breathing down each other’s necks.
The kitchen is well laid out and stocked with almost everything you’d have at home. Super easy to work in. We easily had 4-5 people prepping and cooking at a time.
We ate all our meals but one at the house. We grilled several meals and used the stove top and ovens, everything was great. We easily could have eaten out right down the road, but with young kids and tired bodies from being on the beach all day, it worked better to eat at the house. Delivery options are also plentiful, we had pizza delivered one night.
Tons of very well thought out details. An outside shower with warm water and also a hose for rinsing bodies and equipment! Big thick beach towels, sand toys, water toys of several types, games for inside (including foosball table) and outside, extra refrigerator, fans in every room, plenty of extra blankets and pillows. There were tons of bathroom towels and wash cloths.
Bedrooms are extremely well set up. Lamps and night stands well placed, fans, blinds and windows that worked easily. Plenty of storage/closet/dresser space.
The two king size bedrooms on the main floor are on opposite sides of the house, so baby/toddler noises didn’t wake up each other, as we were conveniently able to keep the two families with young kids on the main floor. Both rooms had room for a pack and play. And the attached bathrooms were super nice for the families as well.
Laundry room is a very nice size with great washer/dryer to keep up with the laundry.
The layout of the house upstairs is definitely quirky, but our family loved it. The third floor roof deck was a hit as well.
We found it very easy to keep sand outside and easy to keep everything inside clean and tidy. It is a well thought out house for making it easy to enjoy the beach and your time in the house.
We were originally concerned the bay side sand and water would be slimy, as some bay beaches can be, but the sand was great for the kids to play in and the seaweed/slime in the water was super minimal. We never hesitated to enjoy either.
The sand does have a LOT of shells in it, which can be awesome for shell hunting, but can be a little disconcerting at first. The kids adapted to it quickly.
It was amazing to let the kids play in the sand and sit at the patio table eating breakfast or snack. They could get in sand time while we had a moment for ourselves.
The sidewalk by the patio is busy at times, but it never felt invasive and our kids LOVED saying hi, over and over to everyone. We had some fun conversations with a few people while sitting on the patio. Also endless dog watching!
Walking to the ocean beach never felt like too much of a chore, even with the gear for 13 bodies! It is very close and easy to get to! The cooler in the garage during our stay was very heavy duty with an expanding handle and wheels and was great for moving snacks, towels and small sand toys for all of us.
It was also super easy to go home for naps and meals and simply go back to the beach when done.
The garage does fit two vehicles, including our surburban, but the suburban fit end to end very tightly making it very inconvenient every time we wanted to get something from the garage.
We parked it over in the marina parking most of the time. That was great, but the weekend is very busy over there, which required us to wait for a spot to open, but usually not too long. The outside parking spot would have fit the suburban as well. We had three vehicles and it was nice to know we had space even for our bigger rigs.
The neighborhood was very pleasant and quiet, we slept with windows open every night.
It was also great to watch SeaWorld fireworks two nights in a row, across Mission Bay while sitting on the beach and patio!
Cindy was very responsive and easy to work with. The whole process of reserving, getting check in details, communicating during our stay and check out was very smooth.
If we decide to do our family vacation in San Diego next year, we will definitely be checking on the availability of this house!! Everyone from our older teen sons, to our young single adult son and our married with children kids loved this house! Lots of sad tears when it was time to leave.