I rented Shari's house as a getaway for my girlfriends birthday, and to celebrate our first ever vacation together. While at first I was hesitant to book it because it was slightly higher priced than some other seemingly comparable places, something kept drawing me back to look again... and I'm glad it did. Such a beautiful, cute, and thoughtfully taken care of place. From the minute we drove into the sweet little carport from the quiet street, and saw the tree swing and front porch, we knew we were in for a treat.
The property - Every room and space inside and outside the house is wonderful, and was so well maintained and clean. We took advantage of the wood fireplace in the dining/living room our first night, the cute outside area and couch off the kitchen for our morning coffee. The kitchen is as close to a chefs dream as you can get, with a powerful 5 burner Bosch stove and oven, great assortment of pots, pans, casserole dishes, and utensils, not to mention a Kitchenaid, Instant Pot, two coffee makers… Probably some things we didn’t discover. She also stocked us with some new staples like olive oil, salt, pepper, etc, that we used a few of and really helped out.
The master bedroom is very comfortable and spacious, with an adjustable queen size bed, and the door off it opens to the backyard, where the gas bbq, hot tub, patio table, chaise lounges, and grassy area with a tetherball are there for enjoyment and relaxation.
The touches - smores makings, coffee, a selection of toiletries and first aid materials if you forget something, laundry soap, dishwashing supplies… pretty much everything you could really need and then some has been thought of.
While it was just the two of us on this trip, and it was perfect for a romantic getaway, the house is very well set up to accommodate a family, and we kept looking at things through the lens of coming back with my young kiddos in the future. Toys and bikes and even a video game console are all provided.
From its central but quiet location we were able to easily get to Natural Bridges Park, and restaurants downtown and in Capitola. It's a quick walk down to the beach.
Thank you for making such a special place that we could fall in love with…. and fall in love with each other even more while we were there.