My family and I enjoyed the accommodations provided at Renee's lovely beach house in a quiet area on the beach. NO CROWDS!! It is very reasonably priced compared to other places we considered, so we felt it was a great value for the size of the house and all it provided. It is located just across the street from the ocean, making things so easy when we got ready to go to the beach. We had plenty of room for everyone. The office area was big enough to throw a queen size air mattress down and slept two comfortably, it also had two recliners and end tables in that room. along with a small frig for beverages. There is a roll away cot too if you need it. The kitchen was very nicely stocked with everything we needed to prepare the meals we had, as well as a good supply of necessities for the kitchen (paper towels, dish soap, trash bags, seasonings, coffee, etc.
Hull's Seafood and Don Peppers Mexican were good places to eat when we didn't want to cook. We enjoyed the front porch area for listening to the waves and just hanging out (might want to put on some bug spray tho as the "no see-ums" liked it out there too!) Oh, and two of the folks in our party spotted a whale the first evening we were there. It breached the water and splashed back down with its tail flipping, just like on TV. They said it was truly a gift to behold. I've been going to the beach my whole life and I've never been lucky enough to see a whale. The cinnamon colored sand at Ormond Beach is a little different than other beaches I've been to, and was hard to wipe off, even hard to wash off!! We went during the week of tropical storm (Hurricane) Elsa but it didn't cause any problems. We spent two quiet days inside due to rain, but we had a good time playing games and enjoying each others company and just relaxing. The comfy seating in the living room was great for watching movies; lots of room for everyone! We enjoyed fireworks all up and down the beach from the porch on July 4. And our own pool in the back yard was a definite plus! We weren't able to do any laundry during the week due to the dryer being out of order, but we made it OK without it as there were plenty of towels to go around. Who wants to do laundry on vacation anyway, right? LOL Renee was very prompt with all our communications. Thank you for opening your beautiful home to us for the week of the 4th. I would love to come back again. I think anyone would be happy staying in this beach house.