This house was a good size for our group of four adults and three kids. The property description notes that there are stairs and decks that may be unsuitable for kids under two years, but we did fine. The location was really convenient to the beach. We took a couple of nice walks from the house. The closest was the Moran Lake Park. The other walk was along Cliff Drive to Pleasure Point and further south along the beach. Watched surfers in a couple of places and spotted a couple of otters hanging out near the surfers.
The Pleasure Point area has nice little shops and restaurants to explore and there are many other attractions in Santa Cruz and Capitola.
One morning we watched a couple of red-shouldered hawks hanging out in the trees across the little creek behind the house. Hummingbirds and Monarch butterflies also like to hang out along the green space along the creek. Those were fun to see and I got a couple of great photos of one of the hawks.
Our visit was in mid-February, so days are still relatively short. We would have liked some additional interior lighting for reading once the sun goes down.
The house has parking for four vehicles (although we only needed two spots). That is important because the parking situation in that part of Santa Cruz is just crazy! All the more important to have interesting places well within walking distance of the house!
The kitchen was well-equipped and it was convenient to have a dish washer - who wants to spend vacation time washing dishes?
We enjoyed the long weekend in Santa Cruz and staying in this house.