My husband and I rented the cottage Tuesday-Saturday and we really enjoyed our stay. The garden is stunning with 3 huge century plants, succulents and lovely ornamental grasses lining the path to the house. There’s multiple seating areas, all delightful! The back area is larger than it looks in the photos. Very nice with comfortable areas to lounge and a fire pit.
The door is locked with a keypad so you don’t have to worry about where you put your key. The house shows some normal wear as one would expect in a home of this age. If you want all new you can stay in a (boring) hotel, right? It is meticulously clean though, whoever Rodney uses does an incredible job. The living room and bedrooms are very comfortable and well decorated. We were visiting in May when the weather is cooler so we didn’t have any trouble with the house getting too warm but there are ceiling fans and some smaller ones in the closet. There’s a heater in the living room.
The only issue I had was that there’s not a great place to get ready if you’re putting on makeup, doing your hair, etc. There is a small medicine cabinet in the bathroom where you can put some things but nowhere to set toiletries and makeup while in use other than inside the sink or on top of the toilet (no thanks) One of the lightbulbs was out in the bathroom as well which I’m sure will be fixed but that made it a little hard to see. There’s a mirror in the bedroom but it’s placed so low because of the build of the room that it’s unusable if you’re over 5 feet tall. I had to sit on the bed to see myself in it.
There’s plenty of storage for your items other than that, places to hang clothes and place your luggage. Kitchen was well stocked, we thought it had everything we needed except a spatula. Starbucks coffee, tea, sugar, oil, vinegar and all the basic spices.
Ocean Beach was a pleasant surprise for us, we didn’t really know anything about the area when we made the reservation and we enjoyed the community so much. Walking home late in the evening after dinner was a delightful experience, it feels perfectly safe and peaceful. Nice to see all the houses lit up and enjoy the night air. All the homes are different and there’s lots of beautiful gardens to enjoy. There was a large outdoor market downtown on Wednesday which was fun. There’s a bus stop just a couple blocks from the house if you want to take advantage of public transportation. Within a few blocks is a cliff top view of the ocean and if you go down to the pier area there’s a nice beach for swimming and surfing.
Great stay!