I'll start with the positives- the walk to the beach is as described, and the beds are really quite comfortable, with nice soft sheets and clean comforters. The bedrooms are decorated nicely as well. The screened porches were great for relaxing, and when traffic wasn't busy, you could actually hear the ocean waves. The overall house has a cute beach themed decor. We had bad weather so we did the hour drive to both Walterboro for antiquing and Charleston for the historical tour, and both excursions were great.

Now for the negative, the worst part was hands down the bathrooms. There is one hall bath on the main floor and one hall bath upstairs (no masters), but both are very small, with no vanity space, and the bathtubs are rusted and in major need of updating. The kitchen blinds are broken so they can't be closed which on the one sunny day made the room an oven and no way to block out the sunlight during sunset. The refrigerator door was missing two of the shelf brackets so they couldn't be used at all, which with the small size of the fridge, made it crowed. The blinds in the upstairs grey bedroom were also broken, which made it impossible for sleeping in unless rigged with a sheet. On a separate note, as this was our first time to Edisto, there is only one grocery store on the island and it is packed with people, but often out of items. As for the beach, there are jetties every 50 yards so if beach walking is important, this is not the right beach for you. If you have inexperienced swimmers, there are also strong riptides and we witnessed one teenager get caught up in it and lose her swim suit- she was terrified. Having grown up in FL and living in Va Beach, I thought this was one of the uglier beaches I've ever seen, but to end on a positive, we did see some starfish and dolphins, which was awesome. We personally wouldn't come back to Edisto, but if friends were coming, we'd warn them about the beach and steer them clear of this house.