Wonderful vacation spot within a five minute walk to Watchaug Pond and less than fifteen minutes to Blue Shutters beach, our favorite. We were attracted by the availability of a small sandy beach at the Pond, because we were with a two-year-old grandchild during part of our four-week stay. But we ended up going to the spectacular ocean beaches more often. In July and August, on good beach days, the Blue Shutters beach parking lot fills up at about 9:30 AM on week days and 9:00 AM on week-ends. However, people begin to leave for lunch about 1:00 PM, so you can park at 2:00 PM and later. Season parking passes are sold at the beach, $100 for non-residents and $50 for non-resident seniors.One of our party is an avid tennis player, and he joined the Pond View Racquet Club for a month, which was fabulous -- the staff actually arranged matches for him as often as requested. The house is as described and photographed on the web site. It was nice to have all the bedrooms on the first floor, and the huge living area (kitchen, dining area, living room with lots of couches) accommodated six adults very well. The house is fully equipped, and even has a canoe, kayaks, a pool table, a ping-pong table, and golf clubs (none of which we used -- we were at the beach almost every day. We would definitely stay again. One caveat: the gravel road leading to the house was studded with deep potholes -- drive slowly!