I stayed here with my 4 boys ages 11-18. They are large adult sized (6'1-6'3). We fit just fine but I wouldn't recommend it for 5 people unless you are smaller and/or extremely close to who you're staying with. Some of the pictures made it look a little bit bigger than it actually is but again, for us it was fine because we're close. The location was perfect. We were able to walk to Belmont park and the beach and the things that we wanted to do. Ralph's grocery is an easy 2 mile drive straight down from the apartment. The only things available food wise were salt and pepper and coffee/sugar. Not a big deal at all just something I wish I'd known the first time I went to the grocery store so I could have picked up oil to cook with. For the things that we wanted to drive to it was really easy to get out of the area and over to downtown San Diego. Having all of the beach equipment was a big plus although my boys only used the boogie boards. The few times that I had questions where I needed to contact Vanessa she was extremely quick and kind and understanding in her responses. I greatly appreciated it. Thanks so much Vanessa!