Our extended family enjoyed this rental so much. With two living spaces and multiple porches, it was plenty of room for the adults and all the kids to not feel crowded. The kitchen upstairs was great as it had multiple sinks and two refrigerators.There was plenty of seating with the large dining table, island bar top, and a table behind the couch. The location was ideal as the private boardwalk is very close to the beach. The beach there has plenty of shells, but it is not overrun with them as some parts of Holden beach are. Other than the first day (Memorial Day weekend) we pretty much had the beach to ourselves! There is a small parking lot right beside the house - but it is for a realty company and there is not public beach access there. We didn’t even really notice it. You are within walking distance to multiple restaurants. Several days, we walked the kids to the small splash pad and playground nearby and also the Italian ice place. Our kids didn’t see the car for the entire week as we just walked to all the places! Although the pool is slightly small, it has a great shallow end area. We had 8 kids nine and under and they all played so well in it. You do hear some traffic noise in the house with it being right on the road. We did have a maintenance issue the first part of the week and the owner was extremely responsive. We had his personal number and he had a company to the house asap to help us. All in all, our family is looking to rent the same house next summer!