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Two things about this building are unusual enough to be worth a page of their own: several apartments genuinely sleep five or six people, and dogs are welcome in all of them. Neither is easy to find 200m from the beach in central Tel Aviv.

The short version

• Apartments 2 and 5 are 100m2 and sleep five to six.
• Apartment 2 is the only one with two bathrooms.
• Pets are welcome in every apartment. Tell us in advance so we can put you somewhere sensible.
• Every unit has a kitchen and a washing machine, which is the real difference from a hotel.

Why a family fits better here than in a hotel

A hotel houses a family of five by selling you two rooms, usually not adjoining, with no fridge and no way to wash anything. The arithmetic gets worse the longer you stay.

Here the equivalent is one apartment. Apartment 2 is 100m2 with three bedrooms, two bathrooms, a balcony and a dining table that seats six; the main bedroom is en-suite. Apartment 5 is also 100m2, with two bedrooms and one bathroom, a large lounge and a large balcony - the trade is the third bedroom for more outdoor space.

The second bathroom in Apartment 2 is usually what decides it, particularly for two couples travelling together or a family with teenagers.

The kitchen and the washing machine

These are the parts nobody puts in a brochure and everybody uses.

Children eat at different times from adults, and on holiday they eat at different times from each other. A kitchen means breakfast happens when people wake up rather than when a dining room opens, and it means the six o'clock meltdown can be solved with pasta instead of a restaurant.

The washing machine matters most from about day four. A week at the beach generates a remarkable quantity of sandy, salty laundry, and every apartment has its own machine. There's a laundry service as well if you'd rather not.

Coming with a dog

Pets are welcome in all seven apartments. That's genuinely uncommon for holiday flats in this part of the city, and it's the reason a fair number of our guests found us in the first place.

A few practical notes. Tell us when you book rather than on arrival - not because the answer changes, but because it lets us put you in an apartment that suits, and Yehuda can point you at the nearest green space when he hands over the keys. Tel Aviv is an easy city for a dog: the promenade allows them, there are dog-friendly patches of park within walking distance, and a great many cafes will not blink at one under the table.

Summer is the one caveat. Pavement in August is hot enough to hurt paws in the middle of the day, so walks move to early morning and evening, which is when everybody else is out anyway.

Practical things worth knowing

• Ground floor. Apartment 1 is at street level - useful with a pushchair or an elderly dog, though it is the smallest at 40m2.
• Fold-out beds. Several apartments sleep their upper number using a sofa bed in the lounge. Ask if that matters to you.
• Air conditioning is in every room, not only the bedrooms, which is what makes an August afternoon indoors bearable.
• Parking is available on site at additional cost and subject to availability. Worth arranging in advance if you're driving with children.
• The beach is 200m away, which with small children is the difference between a day trip and a whim.

Asking

Send us an enquiry with your dates, how many of you there are, their ages, and whether a dog is coming. We'll tell you which apartments are free and which one we'd put you in. Rates run USD $180 to $360 a night depending on season and size.