Ocean Beach proper is an *amazing* town, and we felt incredibly fortunate to get to stay there for so little - Doug provides amazing value for your money, and he gave us some great tips about food in town that we were glad we followed up on. There is a *hell* of a lot going on just a block or two away from the shack, and we spent considerably more of our ten days just wandering about in Ocean Beach than we had intended. Breweries, little beach bars, independent coffee shops, and of course, the beach park. Check it out on Google Maps and you'll see what I'm talking about - the community is just *packed* with interesting stuff to do.
The shack is simple, and clearly built with the intention of being a place to stow one's stuff and sleep in between trips out into town. It's clean, and there's enough to move about in, but if there are two of you, expect to bump into one another quite a bit. :) The bathroom has a shower in it, and you can actually shower in it, but it's a pretty tight squeeze. This makes for some silly moments when you're trying to maneuver for hair product, or a brush, or a bar of soap. Similarly, the facilities are built fairly close together, and I kept bumping my head on the sink when I'd go to use the toilet.
Doug provides towels and an assortment of bathing products, as well as a fan / heater in the room. There is a tiny kitchen that's stocked with cookware, glassware, silverware, etc... and there are borrowable beach toys available outside the shack. We thought it was a nice touch that the little table at the foot of the bed had a bowl filled with chocolates when we arrived. (The bowl was considerably less full at our departure.)
You'll have to remember two numbers - the gate code, and the code to your door. The gate code is simple, the door code is not. :) Fortunately, both numbers get emailed to you prior to your arrival, so you'll be able to refer back to the written record if you forget one or the other. While we were there we had a little trouble with the gate; maybe the battery was running low or something. Doug was *on* it when we mentioned it to him, and seemed to really care about how we were doing.
We *really* enjoyed our stay there, and will definitely look Doug up again when we come back down later in the year. It's a good experience, and a great value. Check it out.