We appreciated that this house had a few extras that made our stay really nice- a few extra beach chairs and gear, outdoor showers, a few leftover kitchen items from previous stays, laundry soap, hand soaps, a book stash in one room that I did not notice until the last day, even some extra sunscreen. Nicely decorated, lots of antiques. Our bed was very comfortable, not too hard. Because the beds are all queens, it was not ideal for teens, but it worked. The screened porch on the beach side and the deck on the other were nice for our group of people getting up at various times. The beach was less than 10 minutes to walk- very crowded when we were there in July but lots of space still (during the lower tide) for Frisbee. We picked up pizza from Valentino's one night which was the best and just a few minutes drive. Another place called Hyena Pizza had fun acoustic guitar live music even on the weeknights but not sure they have a reliable schedule- a large variety of smaller sized pizzas and beer. We missed the live entertainment at Scotty's Beach Bar. mostly Karaoke (but saw it was posted on their sign. Bubba's fish Shack is another place that was very close, those all walkable from the house- the tuna dip and the sweet Thai chili shrimp (not spicy) were great and most of the sides too. The grilled fish was a little more spicy than I like. They are serious about giving away your table if you are not there, but we were able to walk down, get on a list and come back (and get back on the list and seated soon when their estimation was off.) There's a Farmer's market every Tuesday we happened to find- lots of vendors, worth a visit. And, we saw the last day there is a library nearby too- they are about to have a book sale.. Old Fashion Ice Cream is open late and very busy but delicious, a little over a mile away. And, if you go to Kroger (Murell's Inlet, not far), Angela's Fresh Market around the corner had very fresh shrimp that was great and we tried the clam dip, also very good and we bought quarts of ice cream at painter's ice cream on the way back.
So, great location! Just enough around without the craziness of other beaches.