This is the best property for a family vacation in the Bellingham area. The beds were very relaxing and pretty, plenty of room to gather in the living room, a reading "nook" that goes the length of the wall of the living room, which we utilized, two very large TVs, and an upstairs master suite to die for. Kitchen was amazingly well-stocked for a vacation home, complete with every spice imaginable. Plenty of pots and pans and dishes, along with a spotless refrigerator. The backyard and back patio area is lovely, like an English garden, and our family ate dinner out there almost every single night. The hot tub was utilized when temperatures cooled down a bit as well. The house is a very short walk to the falls, where you can sit by the waterfall and swimming hole and watch people get up their nerve to jump into the ice cold water below and maybe talk yourself into it! A mother deer and her baby visited us every night as well in the back yard (we did not feed them). A very short drive from all to see in Bellingham, and the host provides a book with detailed notes on local points of interest, yummy places to eat (we tried three from that list and they were all 5-stars!) and fun things to do. We were there in the summer time when things were lovely and given the house has two fireplaces, it's probably very cozy during winter as well. If we return to the area for another vacation, we will be renting this house! One note about Erik, the host: we realized that the washing machine was giving us an error message on Day 5 of our stay, so after trying to solve the problem ourselves we contacted him. He came over within 20 minutes of our message and when he realized he was unable to fix the machine, he went and bought a new one that day! Talk about a great host! The owners are also very environmentally conscious and encourage guests not to use single-use plastics and they recycle. So they have three different water filters for drinking. There is no reason at all to buy single-use plastics and more people should adopt that lifestyle. I cannot say enough amazing things about this neighborhood, this location, and this wonderful house. You will be thrilled to stay there.