This house was exactly as described on the page - beautiful and really quite lovely. A friend and I traveled with three children ages 7-11 and this house was just perfect for us - we definitely could have easily fit our husbands and probably another family. Our favorite spot was the porch and it was nice to eat dinner out there one night. The kids ran around in the giant yard and had a great time playing board games at the dinner table. We originally planned to stay in a hotel room and would have been so cramped with five of us so this was a little more expensive but worth it for all of the space and charm.

Trip and the local girl who helped care for the house were quick to respond and spring into action when we couldn't get into the house right away. Trip also offered to let us stay past checkout to make up for the delay but we were able to put our stuff on the porch (which was covered and screened thankfully since it was raining) and head over to Newport which was about a 25 minute drive away.

Although this house is not on the water, it was 10 minutes to the Narragansett Town Beach which was lovely. I believe there are a couple a bit closer but we had heard fun things about that beach (Trip had recommended that one and the East Matanuck Beach) so went there. The waves were great and the kids had an amazing time playing in the soft sand. Also there is a park down the street from the house, maybe a 3 minute drive away with soccer fields, a baseball field, playground and a lake. The small downtown is five minutes away with an ice cream shop and restaurant and a couple of other small stores. Another five minutes down the road is the commercialized stuff with McDonald's, Five Guys, CVS, Shaw's, Dunkin and Starbucks if that's what you are looking for.

The kitchen was fully equiped to make dinner one night and there was a DVD player as well as the TV had the ability to sign into Netflix, Amazon and iHeartRadio. There was a grill available, it was a charcoal grill - charcoal was in a small closet next to the fridge that we didn't find until we were leaving so we did not use it.

This house was truly a home away from home and we would definitely stay here again as we enjoyed everything about it.