First of all, the house was large enough to accommodate our 4 families - 9 adults and 7 children. The location is great, both with respect to the beach (easy access from the boardwalk) and restaurants, shopping etc... my 87 year old mother made good use of the elevator as she stayed on the 2nd floor since it had a walk-in shower. There were some downsides. First thing you see when you walk in is a hole in the floor covered with tape. Not a good impression. The furniture is badly stained and needs replacing. It was not as clean as it should be (don't look under the furniture), and the appliances need to be updated. Had to clean rust off the stove top to get the eyes to work, and one dishwasher didn't work at all while the other one took hours to complete the cycle. We called maintenance and they came right away, but told us there was nothing that could be done and that it was doubtful a new one could be installed before we left...which it wasn't...Tough on a large family that cooks and eats almost every meal in the house. For the amount of money we paid, at the very least the appliances should be in great shape. We rented it because of the large stove, 2 dishwashers, and 2 fridges (which did work well). Overall, the home needs updating but at the same time we enjoyed our week and were able to work around the problems.