Very clean and ideal for a one night stop over on our US road trip. The room facilities and bedding etc all of good quality and well laid out. The location is central and close to all Santa Cruz amenities.
We arrived on a Sunday evening, which limited our choices of local restaurants within walking distance. We decided to take the 10 minute walk down Pacific Ave to Rosie McCann's Irish bar and were surprised to find people hanging around the street with a lot of swearing, shouting and general bad vibes on our walk to and from the restaurant... we didn't feel safe ! (n.b. this may not be normal, and may have been associated with an event that was on at the Catalyst nightclub that particular evening). In addition, the noise from the street outside the airbnb was very noticeable up until about midnight, cars cruising past the window with loud thumping bass at full volume etc, shouting and swearing etc.
Car parking is also a challenge and it took me a few circuits to find a slot c. 250 yds from the accommodation.
I appreciate that the hosts can't do anything about street noise or parking but it does impact the overall quality of the stay.
The cost of the accommodation was 'ok' but relatively expensive compared to other places (hotels, lodges etc) we stayed at during our road trip from Denver to San Francisco. We didn't meet our hosts during our stay.