When we first arrived at Andy and Kimberly’s place, we were really confused and actually had trouble finding it. After reading the listing and seeing the home described as a “cottage" and a “beach house,” we had expected that we would find a small stand-alone house. There is no such house on the cul-de-sac. What you do find there is a complex of about four one-story double buildings, some with large carports. It turns out that Andy and Kimberly’s place is unit A in a small duplex. It is tucked behind a fence and a carport. The hosts live in the duplex’s other unit. This all came as a total surprise to us.
Once in the building, you find a cozy living room with a nice soothing fountain just outside the window, two nice comfortable bedrooms, a bathroom and a roomy eat-in kitchen with all the appliances needed for cooking a meal. The laundry is unusual as the washer and dryer are located outside the kitchen's back door, on a well protected and private porch. So, it is outdoors but it actually works to do your laundry there. There is a nice, small, private patio area, with a table and benches as well as two lounge chairs.
The place being a duplex, it shares a common wall with the owners’ unit. The common wall is in the kitchen and living room. The bedrooms have none. Regardless, the hosts are incredibly quiet. Even though you are in a duplex, we did not hear any noise from their unit. We only heard them when they were outside on the shared driveway.
The home is freshly painted in cheerful colors and very clean. Andy and Kimberly are very nice people who obviously want you to be happy and try very hard to help once you are there.
The area is very quiet during the week. While we were there, there was some weekend evening partying nearby that ended around midnight.
The location worked well for us as we were a short drive away from our daughter’s house. We walked regularly to Arana Gulch, the harbor, and beyond to the beach. They are all very nice for strolls.