Great guest house in central Santa Cruz. Check-in and check-out were seamless and the space was clean and the perfect size to drop our bags and explore the surrounding area. The host family was incredibly friendly, but the house is not a private residence and is in the back of their main home.
Only reason for 4 stars is that last minute we were informed the day before check-in that there would be a surcharge for a 4th guest. When booking we had filtered on 4-6 people and booked, but since we didn't list every guest on the app (which is not common for group AirBnBs) we had a last minute surcharge without proper communication on this when we booked in advance. Our past experiences with AirBnB is that cost per residence, not per guest. Be sure to communicate in advance with the number of guests you plan to stay and list them within the app.