This house has a very comfortable and luxurious beach feel. Sitting on the upstairs lounge and look to the right - feels like you are floating in the trees which are filled with parrots and lorikeets; look to your left onto a stunning new Moroccan tiled pool and garden that become part of the lounge/dining area because the floor to ceiling windows completely retract into the wall. One entire wall is removed. The effect is like when a Japanese shoji wall opens up and brings the garden into the house. Just magic.
Everything was clean and ready for us and worked well. Really liked the Zip constant boiling water on tap, no need for a kettle. The thick sliding doors into the lounge and bedrooms effectively soundproof the TV from sleepers. Beds were very comfortable.
The location is great: 5-7 minutes walk to the beach along a beautiful, shaded old path with views into some lovely gardens; then down some very old sandstone steps onto the flat. The North Steyne surf club is straight ahead and this part of the beach had the best surf all week.
The house is situated in a quiet cul-de-sac end of Pine Street. It's also just 3 minutes walk from a gym and swimming centre.

Our host, Miriam, recommended the best restaurants and we had a delightful week sampling the excellent food. Harris Farm markets are a few minutes walk from the house - it's open all year, has a wide range of all foods, including many organic varieties.
Miriam lent us some beach cruiser bicycles and I rode to Shelley Beach for some snorkelling, about 10-15 minutes from the house.
All up, our experience with Miriam and her lovely house was FIVE STAR!