This house is beautiful and is on a beautiful property. I loved that the horses roamed free on the property, that the waterfall is a short walk down some switchbacks, and that the top floor affords amazing views.
We traveled at the end of September to this house with an infant and a 3 year old. We knew that the house was a bit of a drive from kid-friendly beaches and town, but thought that we could spend most of our time just hanging out at the house and in the water. Unfortunately, we ended up leaving a day early due to a few issues:
1) Heat! While we expected no AC, we did not expect it to be as hot as it was and with no fans. A ceiling fan would have made the house tolerable, and a couple fans on the porch would have made the porch just right. Instead, we were all too hot and cranky.
2) Bugs! Heat aside, the bugs on the porch and at the waterfall were just awful. Even at the waterfall, if not neck deep in water, I was covered head to toe with bites in just 10 minutes. As was our 3 year old. We kept the infant inside since the bugs were so bad. The porch was also very buggy. Bug spray and mosquito coils were provided (which is greatly appreciated), but it didn't do enough. The waterfall was buggy all day, and the porch was buggy in the morning and evenings.
3) Some of the house amenities were lacking. For example, our milk curdled in the fridge after 48 hours because the fridge wasn't very cold. There were a bunch of kid-friendly VHS tapes but no VHS player. The water pump was so loud that we had to be careful about turning on water when someone in the family was sleeping. While the house and property was spectacular, these little things added up for us.
This house might be better for families with older kids and in a cooler season. Perhaps the hosts can repair the water pump, fridge, and update the movie selection just for a little bit of polish to the property. We were bummed to spend most of our time away from the property, in the car with screaming children to visit cooler beaches.