Overall, this is a very nice beach house. What makes the house is the location, the views, the beach deck, the banyan tree, the outside decks, and the outside shower. We appreciated the house for the comfort, charm, and convenience.

Pros
· The area is beautiful. The banyan tree is gorgeous. The views of the ocean are spectacular.
· Extremely close to the food trucks, Sharks Cove, and grocery store. Sharks Cove is a calm area fantastic for snorkeling and getting your kids into snorkeling.
· The outdoor shower and hose are great for getting sand and saltwater off of you.
· House feels private.
· It was fantastic to have our own washer dryer. It would have been helpful to have one laundry basket.
· Balcony is wonderful for reading.
· Loved the deck at the banyan tree. Felt so peaceful to have coffee there, read or just look at the ocean.
· Appreciated having wifi access.

Cons:
· Homeless man lives on the other side of the property wall. After seeing him for a few days, we began to feel comfortable with him, but this was shocking to see in the beginning.
· The house is right on the beach; where people BBQ and camp. The first night, there were campers 3 feet from the property. We were not expecting this and did not feel safe.
· There is a gate with a latch between the beach and the property, but it does not have a lock on it.
· The kitchen has ants. We told this to Meleana the first night and she responded that traps were out. There are two traps in the bathrooms. We ended up storing all of our food in the refrigerator so that bugs could not get to it.
· On the first night, my husband saw a 2 inch cockroach walk from the kitchen to under the living room couch. We told this to Meleana the first night and she responded that traps were out; the traps in the bathrooms look like ant traps to us. We didn’t see any more roaches, but this experience didn’t leave us with a good feeling. We overall felt the house was clean, but stored our food in the fridge to be safe.
· No directions or welcome note were left in the house for us.
· Resetting the lock box was not intuitive to us;
· The next door neighbors have a dog that looks like a pitbull with multiple signs outside of their house saying “Beware of Dog.”
· Only the bedrooms are air conditioned. From the AirBNB posting, we thought the whole house had A/C.

Tips for other travelers:
· Bring water or scuba shoes (not flip flops) with you as the rocks in front of the house and in sharks cove are very rough.
· The driveway has a very tight opening, need someone to help you open the driveway gate, and pull in to be safe.