The location on the water is amazing and 5 stars without a doubt. It was really cool to see all the turtles and whales from our back porch during dinner. We felt it was safe as well. There is no accessible beach right out back (just a steep ocean rock wall), but public access is only a few houses down so it wasn't an issue for us. My family thought the house itself could have been cleaner; the utensils and other kitchen items were not very clean, and some of the provided cooking ingredients were very outdated (salt that had solidified, sauce that was very old with less than a drop remaining, etc). The host was a bit slow to respond while we were there (and the other number that we were given led us to a person who said she hadn't managed the property in over a year).On average, we'd therefore give it a 4. A few updates to the home and making sure the house, especially the kitchen and kitchen items, were cleaner would make it 5 star.