Is 196 Front Street: 1 BR, 1.5 BA House in Avila Beach, Sleeps 4 pet-friendly?

No, pets are not allowed at this property.

196 Front Street: 1 BR, 1.5 BA House in Avila Beach, Sleeps 4 Reviews, Deals & Photos 2025

Q: Where is 196 Front Street: 1 BR, 1.5 BA House in Avila Beach, Sleeps 4 located?

Situated by the ocean, this vacation home is within a 5-minute walk of Avila Beach and Avila Beach Community Center. Central Coast Aquarium and Bob Jones City to Sea Bike Trail are also within 10 minutes.

10/10 Excellent

Steven G.

Oct 21, 2024

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Fantastic View

Fantastic Views Easy stay Would come back again

Stayed 3 nights in Oct 2024

8/10 Good

Scot W.

Aug 15, 2021

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Fun in Avila Beach

Great beach rental. Best location.

Stayed 5 nights in Aug 2021

10/10 Excellent

amy g.

Apr 8, 2024

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Awesome location

You can't beat this location and views of the ocean! Steps to the beach and restaurants and amazing views of the ocean from the large deck, the living room and the bedroom. The property host was super responsive and helpful when we accidentally locked ourselves out. :-)

Stayed 4 nights in Mar 2024

8/10 Good

Rachel C.

Sep 14, 2023

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

House overlooking Avila Beach

One of the best locations along the beach - away from the commercial eating areas but yet so close to the beach - the views were exceptional - I am a Landlord in Montana and I would probably have the interior painted. I would stay there again.

Stayed 5 nights in Sep 2023

8/10 Good

Jon B.

Feb 20, 2025

Liked: Check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Best location in Avila

The location is the highlight here, incredible views and very short walk to coffee and related. The rental process is flawless, the team is efficient and precise. The listing description is accurate, so be sure to read it and the other reviews. I agree with both the negative and positive are reviews, it's just a matter of expectations and premise of your trip. We are easy going and the value and location was more important and had a good idea of what to expect by reading the description and reviews. I think if the owner leaned into the mid-century beach vibe but freshened the interior paint and features, they would have a real gem of premium option, but as-is we enjoyed the period correct features as it aligned with our goals of living more simply for a spell.

Stayed 3 nights in Feb 2025

10/10 Excellent

Ronald S.

Sep 8, 2024

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Beautiful view

Property was very clean and comfortable. Kitchen stove does not operate only down spot. Deck could use a canopy as the sun is directly on the deck most of the day.

Stayed 5 nights in Aug 2024

4/10 Poor

Rion G.

Sep 17, 2024

Liked: Check-in, communication, location

Disliked: Cleanliness, listing accuracy

Dingy, misleading house

The location is fantastic and the views are great. However, the property is very run down, dingy, and smelled bad. For the price, this low level of quality is unacceptable.

Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2024

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8/10 Good

Scot W.

Aug 26, 2023

Yearly Renters

Rating Details: The property manager was more than helpful. The vacation rental was very clean. I was more than happy with the location. I was more than satisfied with the condition of the vacation rental. Overall, I recommend this vacation rental. Reviewer Comments: Always a wonderful stay at our home away from. Saw whales from the porch view on our last day. Morning walks on the beach to play with all the dogs.

8/10 Good

Judy B.

Aug 18, 2024

Liked: Cleanliness, location

Disliked: Communication

Avila beach

Had to call myself to get code to enter property. Power outage in the area for an entire day- no electricity or hot water WiFi/tv needed to be reset. Too complicated and inconvenient

Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2024

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10/10 Excellent

Mary D.

Jun 23, 2022

Great vacation getaway

Rating Details: The property manager was very helpful. The vacation rental was spotless. I was very happy with the location. I was more than satisfied with the condition of the vacation rental. Overall, I recommend this vacation rental. Reviewer Comments: This cozy/funky beach house was the perfect place for our vacation getaway--it is kind of a throwback with beaded curtains and vintage bamboo furniture, but the location can't be beat. The house is clean and comfortable, with a well outfitted kitchen.

Stayed 5 nights in Jun 2022

10/10 Excellent

Lisa S.

Sep 25, 2023

Liked: Check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

driveway

Enjoyed the area, plenty of room for the two of us. Other than not being able to pull into driveway due to our car a Lexus, being a bit lower we had issue trying to use the driveway,

Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2023

6/10 Okay

Gwen K.

Feb 28, 2023

Liked: Check-in, location

Uncomfortable

For a weekend this place might be okay but we stayed for a month. Retro/vintage is cute, but doesn’t give an excuse for broken furniture, dirty dishes and an oven/stove that doesn’t work. Asked for a refund when we got there but were denied. Disappointed

Stayed 27 nights in Feb 2023

6/10 Okay

Benjamin B.

Apr 26, 2023

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location

196 Front Street, Avilla Beach

The location is very good. The rooms were clean. The furnishings are mostly quite old and eclectic. The ceiling lights required a tall person to pull the cord. Pluses: The view of Avila Beach is superb. And the window shades are are very good at controlling the afternoon sunlight when the temperature rises. Minuses: The biggest disappointment was discovering that the gas stove was nonfunctional. There was only an old 2-burner electric unit placed on top of the gas burners of the stove. This unit was barely working and it took forever even to heat a kettle (also too old) of water. We had planned to cook all our meals but were forced to make major adjustments and scale back considerably. The contents of all the kitchen drawers (except for one containing a silverware organizer) were filled with unorganized very old utensils simply tossed in piles. The cotton duvet on the king-sized bed is extremely heavy. During the night it tended to slide off the bottom of the bed and had to be wrestled back up. Sometimes one of us had to get up and pull it up at the foot of the bed. It would be nice to have a night light in the bathrooms.

Stayed 5 nights in Apr 2023

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6/10 Okay

Kirsten B.

Apr 24, 2023

Amazing Views--but..

Rating Details: The property manager was very helpful. The vacation rental was clean. I was very happy with the location. I was satisfied with the condition of the vacation rental. Overall, I recommend this vacation rental. Reviewer Comments: The Views from the deck, sitting inside by the big clear windows and from the bedroom were amazing. The bed was very comfortable. The Window facing the beach has some weird bubbling film on it so it took away from that view. We expected the retro furuniture, bathroom, kitchen as all looked as they did in the pictures. However, stained dish towels, old used pans, etc are not necessary for the "retro" feel. Replacing hand towels, towels, would not take a away from it. The BBQ was dirty, yes you can burn stuff off but it should be cleaned. The vent above the non working stove was filthy and has dust and dirt hanging from it. In the bedroom one the screens on one of the windows has several tears/holes. Its sad the little details take away from the stay. Also when I went to open the curtains for the great view in the living room and pulled on the rope my hand had a black streak when I was done. We would love to give it a 5 the views and location are a 5, but due to the things we are mentioning can only give an overall of a 3.

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8/10 Good

Alexis H.

Jan 5, 2025

Ocean view

Rating Details: The property manager was very helpful. The vacation rental was very clean. I was very happy with the location. I was somewhat dissatisfied with the condition of the vacation rental. Overall, I recommend this vacation rental. Reviewer Comments: The only reason to stay here is for the WONDERFUL view.. You can hear the crashing waves all day and night, thats the other reason to stay here. We have stayed here before, and knew what to expect. The furnishingsare ancient and run down, however the king bed is great and very comfy. We will probably come back.

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10/10 Excellent

Elfego B.

Aug 9, 2024

Vacation time

Rating Details: The property manager was very helpful. The vacation rental was spotless. I was very happy with the location. I was somewhat dissatisfied with the condition of the vacation rental. Overall, I recommend this vacation rental. Reviewer Comments: We had great time . Beautiful view.great location. Will definitely consider staying here again.

Stayed 4 nights in Aug 2024

8/10 Good

Kevin Williamson

Jul 18, 2024

Liked: Check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Amazing

Location!!

Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2024

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10/10 Excellent

tara h.

Mar 22, 2024

Husband birthday vacation

Rating Details: The property manager was very helpful. The vacation rental was spotless. I was very happy with the location. I was more than satisfied with the condition of the vacation rental. Overall, I recommend this vacation rental. Reviewer Comments: This was a beautiful house with a gorgeous view of the ocean. The house was clean and well-maintained. Just wish the management team would have let us know the oven was not working, but made it work with the hot pan they provided. Plan on going back for another vacation in the future.

Stayed 3 nights in Mar 2024

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6/10 Okay

A guest from Clovis, CA

Nov 14, 2023

House with a view

Rating Details: The property manager was more than helpful. The vacation rental was very clean. I was more than happy with the location. I was somewhat dissatisfied with the condition of the vacation rental. Overall, I do not recommend this vacation rental. Reviewer Comments: I'll start with the good first. Great location. Large house. Excellent view from the East, South and West. King bed was very comfortable. House was clean. Carport was great for unloading and entering house. All one level. Great to listen to the waves and people watch. Now for the bad. This is a very 1950's house with worn metal cabinets, a big old stove that didn't work so they put an electric hot plate too small to use for anything but heating water in the tea kettle or cooking 2 pancakes. We had to call about changing a very dirty bath mat. The furniture is 1950's bamboo frame with cushions which looked straight out to the ocean through 3 huge dirty windows that didn't open. The other couch was a sleeper sofa. There was only a small box fan to cool the whole house.The weather was beautiful, in the 70's but the house got too warm for comfort and the deck didn't have any shade, umbrella or table. You had to move a heavy iron lounge out to the deck and found a beach chair from the storage room. Our 4 night stay would have been better if there were more fans at the very least. But they didn't have any more to give us. We actually thought about leaving a day early. We're 70 yrs old. Maybe some of this wouldn't bother people that are younger.

10/10 Excellent

Sperry B.

Oct 28, 2023

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Great Anniversary Weekend

Great location with great views for our anniversary weekend. Would love to go again for a longer visit.

Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2023

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10/10 Excellent

Jeffrey M., San Diego, Ca.

Oct 12, 2023

Great Beach Front Rental

Rating Details: The property manager was very helpful. The vacation rental was spotless. I was very happy with the location. I was more than satisfied with the condition of the vacation rental. Overall, I recommend this vacation rental. Reviewer Comments: Yes, It's a little dated, but you can't beat the location and the views. Good WiFi, good TV, good bed and close to several good restaurants. You'll need a bit of ground clearance to get into the carport, but once you're parked you can just about walk to the beach and lunch/dinner.

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10/10 Excellent

Tara C.

Aug 8, 2023

Amazing view and location

Rating Details: The property manager was very helpful. The vacation rental was spotless. I was very happy with the location. I was very satisfied with the condition of the vacation rental. Overall, I recommend this vacation rental. Reviewer Comments: Had one of the best vacations at this house. It’s a prime location with the greatest view. It was perfectly sized for our party of four.

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10/10 Excellent

William F.

Oct 17, 2022

Amazing Views, welcome to your Seaside Home in Avila Beach.

Rating Details: The property manager was very helpful. The vacation rental was very clean. I was very happy with the location. I was more than satisfied with the condition of the vacation rental. Overall, I recommend this vacation rental. Reviewer Comments: Remember that 'cool aunt that lived the beach' that all the kids loved to visit? This is her home! Vintage 'OG' home at the beach with amazing unobstructed views. Walking distance to everything in AB, this home in awesome!

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6/10 Okay

Cheryl B.

Aug 17, 2022

All about location

Rating Details: The property manager was more than helpful. The vacation rental was somewhat dirty. I was very happy with the location. I was somewhat dissatisfied with the condition of the vacation rental. Overall, I recommend this vacation rental. Reviewer Comments: The home, which is old and without a lot of upgrades, is situated on top of a hill with a wonderful view. Honestly, the home had a few issues, it was not as clean as it needed to be, the stove did not work, the furniture (pullout couch bed) was broken and the deck was somewhat unsafe due to the fact that there was only a hand railing but no spindles. The selling point of this property is the location and the deck. We really enjoyed sitting out on the deck and admiring the view while relaxing in the sun. We loved that the beach was small and quiet and enforced quiet hours between 10 pm and 7 am. Restaurants and downtown shopping were only minutes away. I would definitely stay at Avila Beach again, just not sure if I would stay here.

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10/10 Excellent

Maribeth A.

Jul 26, 2022

Avila Beach Dream Home

Rating Details: The property manager was very helpful. The vacation rental was spotless. I was very happy with the location. I was satisfied with the condition of the vacation rental. Overall, I recommend this vacation rental. Reviewer Comments: I rented this home for our 25th Anniversary and it was everything that we wanted and needed to make this a special anniversary. The view was amazing. The house is a little dated but the view the deck and the location supersedes that. I would definitely rent this house and recommend for others to stay!!

Stayed 4 nights in Jul 2022

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