Our extended family of 7 adults spent Christmas week in Lavallette and had a wonderful time. The house is great -- lots of space and beautifully furnished and decorated throughout. Many windows throughout the main floor make it bright and airy. Plenty of separate seating areas, so the XBox players, the cooks, the readers and the conversationalists could each be "alone" yet within eyesight of other family members. Two large TV areas with comfie seating. We didn't use the backyard but it was spacious and there was evidence of nice furniture and flower pots everyone so in warm weather it must be beautiful. The house had great heat (something I had worried about) and great water pressure. Kitchen is amazing and well stocked. Susan is an excellent host - helpful, pleasant and quick to respond to text or email. She even had two Christmas trees and decorations up for us! One block walk to great pizza & hoagies (Little Mias); 3 blocks to Megs for a delicious breakfast. The bay beach is an easy walk as well and along with a nice beach area there is a playground. Lavallette beach - literally steps from the house - is really lovely. We walked it for hours every day, collected seashells, watched every sunrise. I will note access to the 6th bedroom requires you to either walk through the 5th bedroom or go outside. Also, the dunes at the edge of the beach are high and you can't see the ocean from the boardwalk...but this makes for a stunning view when you get to the top of the dunes! The dunes also impact the view of the ocean from the house - only the taller members of our family could see it. But those were minor issues for us. We fell in love with this house and just didn't want to leave. We absolutely recommend 4 Virginia Ave, host Susan and Lavallette in general. We are already talking about the possibility of a return trip!