Every year, we take my elderly mother in law to the beach. As it’s getting harder for her to get around, we like one story places that are close to a beach. This was fantastic. Quiet residential neighborhood that has a coffee place and pizza place right across the street (more like an alley)! This is an old house that has been added onto and upgraded, and you can tell a lot of love went into it. There are 2 smaller bedrooms near an original bathroom, and a larger “master” bedroom off of the living room. If you have small kids, there’s plenty of room in the master for cribs and cots. If you don’t have small kids, there’re only sheer curtains over the French doors into that bedroom, so anyone in the living room can see in…consider this when you assign bedrooms as there’s iffy privacy there. There’s a full bath off of the living room near the door but it isn’t attached to the bedrooms, so the master doesn’t technically have its own. The kitchen is cozy but is very well stocked with everything you may need for your stay! While it’s one story, the floors are a little uneven where they added on and there’s a step down into the sunroom, so if you have someone in the group who is a fall risk, keep that in mind. A lot of the rooms are on GFI outlets, so easy to check if it seems an outlet isn’t working. Lovely shaded patio with fire pit, and even some bikes if you need! Best part is just down the “alley” (Solomon) to the right is Byers Street and the entrance to the beach! The north beach is so quiet, no heavy surf to worry about kids getting tumbled in, no party-goers shooting fireworks. It’s close enough that if anyone in your group can’t walk those couple of blocks, you can drop them off with your wagon of beach things, drive the car back to the house, and walk back. Go the other way towards McKenzie and there’s a fantastic taco bar on the other side of the unfortunately closed Gerald’s.
This was the homiest house we have ever rented. Would definitely rent again if we head back to Tybee!