My in-laws, husband and toddler stayed here for almost a week. We chose the location bc it was within reasonable driving distance if Big Sur, Monterey and San Jose. Aptos is a nice quiet beach town with decent restaurants and close to several redwood state parks.
Pros and Cons for the house itself.
Pros:
1. The house is very unique, with beautiful views. You literally feel like you’re floating above the trees. I loved sitting outside on the balcony to have a cup of coffee in the mornings.
2. The house is nicely furnished. The queen sized beds are comfortable and my toddler loves the hammock outside.
3. Janiece was a very responsive host. The electronic keypad lock had issues halfway through our stay and Janiece came by with a physical key. The fire alarm also ran out of batteries late at night and she came by with a ladder to change it so we didn’t have to put up with the loud beeping all night.
Cons:
1. To say this is a three bedroom is a bit of a stretch. It’s one small bedroom with a queen sized bed and one very large bedroom with a queen sized bed on one end and a futon on the other. There’s a divider that can be used to separate the space into two rooms. However it’s one of those Japanese sliding paper screen doors that allow both sound and noise to filter through. It wasn’t a big deal since we were sharing the big room with our toddler but something to consider if you want more privacy.
2. The one bathroom was tiny. Like two people can’t really fit inside at once, unless one is in the shower.
3. The bedrooms/bathrooms are crammed together and all the doors are sliding doors, so it is not noise proof. If you’re sleeping in the bedrooms and someone is using the bathroom you can hear every noise they make. Again it didn’t matter as much for us bc we were traveling as a family and everyone had similar bedtimes but something to consider if you want more privacy.
Overall we had a good experience at the treehouse. It’s truly an architectural marvel with wonderful, calming views.