The choice of this house was a mistake! If you have a group that requires more than one bedroom, then this house is not for you.
There are two problems with the house:
1st. The house is not geared to cater to a party requiring more than one bedroom. There is a bedroom on the ground floor and two bedrooms on the second floor. The downstairs bedroom has some drawers and some closet space. It is a converted garage. The washer and dryer and the hot water heater are located there. A small curtain “hides” the washer and dryer. A hamper next to the washer and dryer had dirty clothes in it when we arrived. The door to the bedroom is held open by a bungee cord.
There are two bedrooms located on the second floor. One room has a queen-sized bed with a large dresser, an end table, and a closet. EVERY SINGLE DRAWER IN THIS ROOM WAS TAPED SHUT! The closet was full of clothes. There wasn’t a single spot in this room to unpack clothes. When we contacted Rikki about this she kept saying that there was “plenty of room in the closet.” There was no room in the closet. There is a dresser in the landing above the stairs between the two bedrooms. Although the drawers were not taped shut, every single one had stuff in it and the bottom was falling out of one of the drawers. The other bedroom is a child’s room. It would only be suitable for a single person or a child. It has a single bed. However, it also lacked any place to unpack clothes. Rikki said that we could use the space in the downstairs bedroom to unpack. However, we were travelling with another couple who were staying in that bedroom. Imagine staying in a house with three bedrooms where all occupants have to share a small amount of drawer and closet space in a downstairs converted garage.
2nd. The house has a cat. The description states, “The house comes with a loveable adorable cat- Oslo- who requires no care whatsoever- but he adds an aura of warmth.” Rikki told us that the cat was fine sleeping inside or outside the house. We kept the cat outside. Throughout the night Oslo scratched on the window of the bedroom. Each time he did this we woke up. We had little sleep. We were in Santa Cruz for our daughter’s graduation from UC Santa Cruz. We were exhausted from the lack of sleep. We had booked the house for two nights. However, we couldn’t handle another night of little sleep and so we left after the first night. We attempted to work with Rikki to see if she would refund us for some or all of the second night but our numerous attempts to reach her were ignored.