This home was a great place for a family vacation with kids. I loved the wooded yard with the pool. The trees made the yard/pool shaded just enough for most of the day. The home is in Sea Pines, which is a beautiful area. The private boardwalk straight to the beach, pool, and access to the biking trails made this house great for us. We had babies with us and we were able to set up our baby monitors in the house and still be close enough to enjoy the pool while they napped. There is a baby gate at the top of the stairs and a few more are stored in bedroom closets. We also had bigger kids who enjoyed playing in the yard and of course the pool. Since we had babies and kids it was a lot of work to take all our beach stuff down to the ocean to spend time and then the babies would eat the sand, so we didn't spend a lot of time there but it was so close that it was easy to just walk down to the ocean for a quick walk or just take a peek at the sunset without having to bring all the gear. The boardwalk down to the ocean was very nice. The house is a nice, quick bike ride to Salty Dog Cafe. It was so fun to be able to bike to many things. There is a Harris Teeter grocery store just outside of the Sea Pines entry which was convenient for us. The lush greenery surrounding the house gives so much privacy like you're on your own island. We came at the end of April and paid to have the pool heated. It stayed at 90 degrees in the water, which was wonderful and worth the heating cost. I would definitely return to this house again.