I travelled to Santa Cruz with two 15 yo girls. It was part of a 7 day trip to the Bay Area. This place is so comfortable, charming and cozy. We got in after midnight from the east coast and the lights were on, the key location communicated in advance. Terry greeted me in the morning (the owners live in the back patio of the house in a separate structure) and we took a lovely walk together to a yummy bakery while the girls slept.
These folks have clearly been hosting people for a while: helpful instructions on how to work the TV, flatten your own breakfast oats, great local restaurants are posted everywhere.
The kitchen is a cooks kitchen and Terry had left us fruit, eggs, butter, oatmeal with all the fixings for breakfast.
It is a petite house on a postage stamp lot. The neighborhood has houses shoulder-to-shoulder. If you party late, are very loud, or have a bunch of screaming kids, this house isn’t for you.
I sat out on the enclosed patio working on the computer one evening which was very pleasant. Terry and Clint lent us their bikes and we biked around one of their recommended routes.
The house is in a good location - we could walk 3 blocks to delicious coffee, breakfast, and Italian food. We also walked along a riverfront bike path to downtown - about 1.2 miles. Downtown Santa Cruz is filled with shops, restaurants, street artists.
I can’t say enough good things about this house and this experience.