Family of 4 with a 5 and 3yo.
The location is great. About 6 houses from the beach, and 8 to the bay side. It's also in walking distance to Belmont Park, which offered a variety of food and fun things for us to do with our kids.
The interior of the house was nice and it was equipped with most things we would need. Kitchen was appropriately stocked, including plastic plates and cups that were great for our kids. The bedrooms are nicely sized, and have plenty of storage. The beds were comfy, and the house was well stocked with linens and extra pillows if you wanted them. The bathrooms and showers were nice. Washer/dryer (with some detergent provided) was clutch with the constant outfit changes that kids going to the beach require. The upstairs deck offers a nice spot to watch the sunset and Sea World fireworks from. Having an always connected natural gas grill was an added bonus, so we didn't have to worry about propane while on vacation.
A handful of things to be aware of:
The house obviously has stairs, a lot of them, and they are all tile. It means you have great views from the rooftop deck, but if you have little ones, old ones, or any injuries, this isn't the house for you.
Dedicated parking in the garage was great, along with the boogie boards, sand toys and bikes that are available for use. While the rental company warns you that the garage is tight - we underestimated how hard it was going to be to park in. I have a long car and being able to make the turn into the garage from the alley was very tricky. Also, once your car is parked in the garage, it's very narrow, and we were unable to open both sides of car doors inside. Plan to to unload people and things, then park.
The available supplies in the garage were nice to have, but upon closer inspection, the chairs were torn and only 1 of 3 bikes worked. The rental company says they do not monitor/repair these things so it's not on them, but still kind of a let down.
On the inside, everything is tile, which is to be expected for a beach house, but it felt like we couldn't keep our feet clean as a result. There are literally no rugs throughout the house to break things up, muffle sounds, or to give your feet a break from the hard floor. Noises definitely carry throughout.
One thing that was also tricky for us to navigate was the dining arrangements - every place to sit to eat is high - bar, bar height dining table, bar height patio table. A coffee table for the sofa would have been nice to have.
Laundry was great to have, but the machines are not balanced and they are loud. Fine to run loads when you are out for the day, but would not recommend running at night as they face the second bedroom.
Overall the house was great and treated our family well for a week, we'd stay here again.