My husband and kids, mother-in-law, niece and I all stayed here for a week at the beach. We have been to Topsail before and enjoy a lot of things about this particular beach town (the walkability, the simplicity, the nice beach and good waves). This house is RIGHT on the beach, which was wonderful. The view is really spectacular. We spent every morning and evening on the back deck overlooking the ocean, and 2/4 bedrooms have windows that open to the ocean so you could keep them open and hear the waves at night. The house itself has plenty of space and everything you could need for a family with kids of any age like private space for teens, and games and tv for younger kids. Chris and Robert were great hosts. We unfortunately had to bother them over a few things (none of which were huge issues at all), and they were very gracious and helpful in all their communication.
I do think it is helpful to add that there is a step missing at the bottom of the steps to the beach- we navigated it fine but if we’d had other older family members there, it would have been very difficult for them to access the beach. Probably something that is a planned fix already but wanted to give a heads up to anyone with very small kids or anyone with mobility issues.