Ellen was very communicative and helpful. We even renter her car for a very good price. Her place is quite spacious and the new fans in the bedrooms worked well. All the appliances and kitchenware you need are there. There are actually 3 rooms, but the middle room is open to the living. The third room is a den, and has a bunk bed and futon, games, books and some exercise equipment.
The location was really nice, just a block or two from the beaches. Shark's Cove can easily be visited before the crowds in the mornings. She has plenty of towels for the beach and showers and hang drying worked every day. The outdoor shower was awesome and always hot.
She has a couple of body boards, but I recommend bringing some batiks, a beach umbrella or beach canopy and some lightweight stadium seats as well. There is a great website to check the size of the waves called Surf-forecast. Some days the beach is flat as glass and as nice as the best beaches, and other days the waves vary from small to huge. You can walk to Mothers Beach and Sunset Beach, next to each other- in 2 mins. There are 3 entrances. Good for shell collecting as well. From the beach you can also walk to Bonsai Bowl for fantastic Acai Bowls that are 2-3 times the size of other places. Just order online and go inside to pick up.
Oh, and Ellen has a huge Mango tree, which we at from daily. (Nice to add to Acai bowls:) The neighbors upstairs are very friendly and have a 4-year-old boy. He runs around a bit, but nothing much.
Overall, highly recommended. The weather was perfect, the ocean breeze kept it cool at night and we never needed anything of than the fans - and we were there all of August. And the price for that location is hard to beat.