The home is clean and tastefully furnished. Beds are comfortable, the towels fluffy, and the hosts responsive. The home’s best feature is the roof top deck above the garage with a stunning 180 degree view of the Pacific. Our group enjoyed our daily morning coffee and breakfast as well as sunset cocktails and appetizers there.
The deck is accessed through the second story bedroom with the KIng bed, so when assigning rooms the inhabitants are best tidy and the earliest risers in your group. The KIng Bed room also has as a spacious seating area with a sofa, cocktail table, three upholstered chairs, wide screen TV and two very large picture windows overlooking the ocean so the panoramic views can be enjoyed during chilly weather. We didn’t use the sitting area as the weather was perfect. It is a nice feature especially if you are traveling with children/teenagers and want a spacious indoor entertainment area for them to gather. The living room on the first floor has a wide screen TV, sectional, and upholstered chair.
There are no ensuite bathrooms. The upstairs bathroom and the downstairs bathroom are located in the hallway outside of the bedrooms. There is no AC, however there are ceilings fans and an additional floor fan in each of the bedrooms, as well as in the living room so we were comfortable.
We catered and did not cook. The host dropped off a brand new drip coffee maker on our check-in day. There were coffee filters and a large canister of ground coffee, though there was no way of knowing how old the coffee was. The kitchen has a good supply of dishes, bowls, flatware, cutting knifes, coffee mugs, 16 oz. drinking glasses and a few serving pieces. I did see cooking oil and spices. There was no aluminum foil, plastic wrap, or storage containers. The dining table with leaf and the extra chairs in the garage can seat eight. There were no wineglasses, champagne flutes, martini glasses, old-fashioned size glasses, pitchers, ice buckets, serving trays, or napkins, so bring your own if setting a cocktail spread is on your agenda. The refrigerator has an ice maker. There is no filtered water in the refrigerator or at the sink.
The quiet backyard is nicely landscaped with landscape lighting and includes a dining table with seating for six, a gas grill, two gas patio heaters and a corn hole set.
Even though the home is located on the area’s main coastal road, it was surprisingly quiet. The garage can fit two cars along with space for an additional two cars in the driveway. There is street parking in front of the house, that with the exception of the hour before sunset was always available. Again except for around Sunset the road traffic was light so it was easy to turn into and back out of the driveway.
There is a beach below the cliff across the street from the house. There were a good number of people on the beach. We didn’t venture down there as the path to the beach was a bit too steep and rugged for our comfort. We did enjoy walking the coastal path along Sunset Cliffs Drive. We witnessed two weddings and one engagement on the Cliffs.
The commercial areas, for restaurants, coffee shops, and groceries are beyond the comfortable walking distance, however they are a quick and traffic congestion free drive away. Our Uber drive to dinner in Little Italy was under 15 minutes. If the home were closer to the commercial areas and an easy access beach I would have rated it five star for location instead of four.
We hope to rent this home again and once again plan our days so that we can enjoy each sunset from the rooftop deck.