We stayed in the house for a week and the house was great for our family (includes 3 girls 11 to 15). The kitchen and bathrooms are new, and we had beds for everyone. Star of the house is the back yard with a deck that had a seating area and new grill where we ate every night. We also used the patio with firepit for smores on more than one occasion.
Washer/Dryer were big and able to handle our towels. There were plenty of chairs and an umbrella, a couple of boogie boards and a wagon for the beach. Bring an extra umbrella if you usually use more than one.
Bonus was a hammock that was well used.
There are cleaning supplies everywhere and we had no issues with the cleanliness of the house or feeling that we were exposed to COVID. In the stores and town it seemed everyone was masked and social distancing. We ate in restaurants a few times, went tot he auto museum, and sat on the beach and at no times felt at risk.
It is obvious the house is well cared for, updated, and has everything a family needs.
The house is centrally located and has easy access to beaches, stores, restaurants and Newport. It sits between 1st and 2nd beach. 1st beach has parking for visitors but 2nd does not. I was able to drop the family at 2nd beach, drive home then jog the 1.5 mile to the beach. It is shaded most of the way and I saw a number of other folks doing the same. The cliff walk starts at 1st beach so we combined a day at the beach with the walk.
There is a Cumberland Farms down the street, Stop n Shop / Shaws (i recommend the latter as it is much bigger) for food shopping and liquor stores within an easy drive.
It was easy to communicate with the owners and they answered any questions we had quickly.