The Pirate’s Cove is just about 3 houses away from the pier. We have never been so close to the pier before and we were hesitant about the crowds/noise. The crowds were not too bad but definitely loud music at night from the pier. Music stopped at 11 pm but in the future I think we will look for a more quiet location. The house was okay but smaller than I was expecting so I was glad that my son and his wife and three children were not able to come. It would have been very tight with my husband and I, two sons, two DILs, 2toddlers and an infant. On the other hand, the size actually worked out for us as the two toddlers were contained in a small area where there were always six pairs of eyes on them and we never lost sight of them. The beach is quite close, which also worked to our advantage with the little ones.The house itself is a little worn and I would really suggest that the owner go through with the list of things each house must have and either buy or replace. We were just about to start boiling spaghetti when we realized there was no large stockpot. Or a ladle for the sauce. Or potholders. But Karl was very responsive and responded to each of my texts within minutes. (He had a new stockpot delivered that evening.) He could not have been nicer. He supplied high chairs, portable cribs, baby gates and lots of beach towels. He had more blankets brought over since there were no extras in the house. For our purposes this year the house was fine.