Me and my boyfriend spent 5 nights in Santa Monica, at Shelley’s gorgeous house, and WOW - it beat all the previous hotels we stayed at during our california road trip. When we arrived we had a royal welcome from Alec, who showed us around, gave us heaps of recommendations of restaurants, where to shop etc (which they also had written down for us). Shelley had also made us the most delicious cookies and left treats at our entrance during our stay, which we really appreciated!
Shelley and Alec were amazing hosts who always made sure we had a great experience, gave us quick response when we had questions, and also very keen of giving us privacy.
The cottage were very clean, well prepared, an amazing air conditioner, towels for both shower and for the beach, private parking right outside the house where you needed a code to enter (very comfortable and secure!). I can’t not mention the shower - it was like stepping into a waterfall - amazing! The location were great - close to restaurants, shops, beach and gym in Santa Monica and Venice. Very easy to get out on the highway and close to the airport.
They lived in the house next to “our house” and the private patio in between were super cozy. The day we left we sat down for about two hours talking and laughing instead of going for lunch at the beach since Shelley and Alec are such lovely people which we really hope to meet again. We will definitely come back, and also recommend all our friends to stay at Shelley and Alec’s! Five stars all over!