Ocean front vacation home on Vancouver Island

We stayed for a week in July and thoroughly enjoyed ourselves. We easily found the house and fell in love with the view. Our boys enjoyed exploring the rocks each day and there was plenty to do in the surrounding area. We bought some crab for dinner just down the road and had a feast. The house itself had plenty of room for us and was clean. You may want to bring an extra reading lamp with you if you like to curl up with a book as some of the rooms do not seem to have enough lighting. The kitchen was a great space to enjoy a home cooked meal and socialize around the large island. We loved the otters that came right up to the shore in front of the house and peaked in the window. The boys enjoyed roasting gigantic marshmallows we bought in Coombs, around the fire pit. The island is filled with markets featuring talented artisans. We also enjoyed watching some of the sand castle competition nearby in Parksville. All in all we had a great time and hope to stay again at the Reef Beach House.

Our family has stayed at Reef Beach House on 4 occasions and will undoubtedly go back for more visits. The views from the house are absolutely superb at any time of the day or night. (Our favourite time is when having tea on the deck very early in the morning when the ocean and sky are brightly coloured by the rising sun.) The area is about as peaceful as you can get with only the sound of the normally gentle ocean in the background. The location of the house makes it very easy to visit many of the main tourist areas on the island. For example, we found it easy to do day trips as far away as Comox, Victoria and Port Alberni and it is a very short drive to Parksville for supplies or to spend a day on the beach. However, on our most recent visit we hardly ventured out as we enjoyed staying at the house which is simply an all round great place to relax. We rented some kayaks and enjoyed exploring the two bays which are very close to the house, the children enjoyed the small south facing beach which is only 500 metres from the house, we spent hours beach combing along the rocky shoreline and rode our bikes all over the surrounding area. Most of all though we enjoyed simply siiting on the deck or in the kitchen and living room and enjoying the spectacular views.

We really enjoyed our stay at Reef Beach House. The clean uncluttered interior was perfect. The deck offered spectacular views of the straight and mainland and the courtyard was a nice shelter on the one cold breezy day of our stay. The owner was prompt in responding to our queries and helpful with the planning of our stay. It's a great house for one or two families.