Our family spent a week at this Property "Family Tides" and had a great time. The Pointe West area is beautiful, as is this house! It's very spacious and nicely furnished, and the kitchen is extremely well stocked with everything you need for preparing and serving just about any meal. They thought of everything. We were pleasantly surprised - as we did not need to use any of our own cooking supplies that we took. We enjoyed the Gas Grill (but if you prefer to BBQ with charcoal - they also have an Ole' Smokey). We loved the back porch / patio area. The picnic table was perfect for days we grilled out and their small gas firepit was perfect for making Smores. The outdoor seating on every balcony is so inviting, and the views are awesome. We loved watching the Momma duck teach her little ducklings how to swim and dive for food every morning and evening. Too cute! And if you like napping or reading while lying in a hammock you're going to love the one on the back patio. No need to take ANY toys for sand castle building -- they have tons! They also had several boogie boards & pool noodles. And although we did not need/use it, we were surprised to see they even had an outdoor play pen with a mosquito net for little ones. As for the beach, when we were there we found it to be very nice and quiet (but that was late August). It was extremely clean and very well maintained. You can't drive on the beach but are able to put up tents which is nice. But it is a good little walk to the beach (including the long walkway over the dunes) so if you plan to take a lot of stuff to the beach, you'll definitely want to pack a Wagon for that. The property does have one but although it's not functional so don't count on using theirs. We purchased a collapsible one on Amazon (with beach tires) and loaded it down every day with our ice chest, chairs and tent and it proved to be a real life savor for sure. Overall, this is a great place that we would not hesitate to rent again!