We spent a long weekend at this property. It's really a gorgeous house, and it's super close to Felton and Santa Cruz (probably 15 minutes or less for each location). We also took a day trip to the Monterey Bay Aquarium, and that was only about 1 hour away. The house was really clean - even their propane grill was totally clean. The house was stocked well, including sufficient kitchenware. It has a nice outdoor area, which we all enjoyed. The property was private, although, as other visitors have mentioned, you can definitely hear HW17 from the house. If you have a great imagination, you can just pretend that it's the ocean waves or something! Seriously though, it didn't really bother me (except for that one car blasting music one night) at all - if you're looking for absolute quiet and serenity, then it's probably not the place for you, but it was really almost like white noise for me personally (and it didn't bother anyone else in our group). I would highly recommend this property.