The beach cottage is very cute and welcoming, everything is super clean and comfortable, with beachy decorations- we live in the Bay Area an hour away but really felt that we were on vacation. The backyard is fenced, with turf and lots of toys for dogs coming along, even our handicapped Jimbo got excited about the balls. Peet's coffee, grocery store and pharmacy is right nearby, and we could easily walk to the beach and to Shadowbrook, down the very nice street the cottage is located on. You want to be near the beach but not in the more noisy parts near the restaurants so we could not be happier. We will definitely rent this place again.