I sure enjoyed the sunrises and sunsets each day, and that big dining room table was great for having our parents over for dinner so that we could get the kids to bed early. Our family of 5 was quite comfortable in the 2/3 of the house that connected. I wish we had known that it didn't all connect because, with young children, we couldn't use one of the bedrooms since you have to leave one side of the duplex and walk across the dark driveway and enter a combination to access the other unit (my kids could not get the hang of using the combination to unlock the door). I'm sure this works well for older guests, but this was a shock to us, and out of the question for our young family.