This is a beautiful one bedroom cottage in a gorgeous location. It is a few miles from the beaches of highway 1 up in the Santa Cruz mountains. The cottage itself exceeded my expectations, as it is the kind of spare clean construction not overly decorated that I like. Even though there isn't a kitchen there are plates and silverware and a sink and a coffee maker so if you get takeout or take advantage of the many good restaurants in Santa Cruz you will be fine, We did not see dealing with the gates as a big deal. We were familiar with the area since we used to live on Pine Flat Road nearby when working at UC Santa Cruz in the 90s. This is is an unusually great deal if you like peace and quiet and a beautiful mountain setting. Howard was a good communicator.