We had a lovely weekend at Robin and Rhian's place in Santa Cruz. The location is truly perfect, with beaches, cute coffee shops, restaurants and more either a short walk or short drive away. Each morning we walked along Pleasure Point and watched the surfers with our coffee. And the afternoons, we took the kids to the beach and let them loose in the sand. As for the house, it was bigger than we expected and fit our group more than comfortably. The beds were comfy, it's quiet at night and sleep was good. The back patio is also a great place to hangout and relax.
I do have a couple caveats, though:
1. It lists a hot tub, however it was communicated after booking that the hot tub no longer worked.
2. The dishwasher didn't clean our dishes during our stay.
3. The cleaning fee is quite hefty, and yet the list of cleaning responsibilities at checkout is quite long.
4. After checking out we were charged an additional $50 because we left 2 items unplugged (which we had done only to keep them out of reach of the small children and then returned to their appropriate places after), the dishwasher didn't clean our dishes (which could have been related to the problem we were having with it during our stay) and two dishes were chipped (though I don't recall anyone chipping anything and can't say whether or not these dishes were chipped prior to us being there).