First, it was a good fit for our unusual needs. We were on San Juan Island for our son’s wedding & entertained two groups, one 40 & one 50, for dinner. The home owner assured me there would be room; he was right. The most charming part of this house, is the deck, facing the lovely water view, with long tables & ample room to serve everyone. It was grand.

The kitchen is well-equipped. There is a large refrigerator, a great cooktop, & wall ovens-- microwave, convection, & warming. The convection oven was large enough to cook 6 chocolate tortes; & then to cook 50 baked potatoes, kept warm until serving in the warming oven. When cooking for a crowd, one needs to bring one’s own large pots; but that is to be expected.

As for the road, describing it as unpaved doesn’t give the picture. It is true your car will make it. It is also true, in my view, giving someone a glass of wine & then expecting them to drive it would be malpractice. The sharp turns, paved or not, make the whole thing downright treacherous. I am not a wimp about roads, raised at the end of a long unpaved ranch road & now living near the mountains where I drive routinely. This is different. We called a shuttle company to provide service to & from both of our dinners; lucky to retain those services despite our very last minute call.

Now the house: the main luxury is the view. There are many steps, so it would be a problem for anyone with disabilities. I do not think it is accurate to say that the house sleeps 12 in the ordinary sense unless many are children & no one needs any privacy. There is one very luxurious master suite. There is a twin bed in that suite; but unless the people using it are not desirous of having privacy, it is not very useful. Also be warned that the homeowners keep the closet doors locked & the armoire full so that, if one comes with long dresses to wear to each night’s events as we did, there is no place to hang them (we draped them across the twin bed). Then there are two other quite small bedrooms-- one with a queen bed & one with a double bed. The house is oddly configured-- one can only get to the double bed room by going through the bathroom or outside. There is a basement large open room, only accessible by going outside & down steps. There are 4 twin beds there, which could sleep any number of people, using it sort of as a dormitory.

All in all, we loved our time in this house and were grateful to have found it.