Mary & Matt were great hosts. The wood-fired hot tub is great!
Aside from the (potentially important) two constraints mentioned below, the cabin is what you'd expect in from one nestled in a redwood valley in the Santa Cruz mountains! If the two constraints below don't matter to you, I expect you'll have a good time :)
Although stated in the description, these two unusual constraints bear emphasis because they may -- or they may not! -- impinge on guests' experience:
1. Acoustic privacy is very limited: all of the bedrooms have at least one wall that is *not* full floor-to-ceiling (the wall is only 1 floor tall while the bedroom has a lofted 2 floor ceiling). In addition, 2 bedrooms have a sheet for one of their walls; this sheet is pulled open or closed for visual privacy. The fact that sound travels easily from bedrooms into the rest of the cabin may hinder guests' romantic activities, for example.
2. The grounds outside the cabin/deck/driveway are prohibited to guests: this implies guests aren't able to go on walks / hikes leaving from the house (and, therefore, a drive is required to your outdoor destination). There's a special feeling of being able to walk out of your cabin in the woods and immediately walk into the forest on a trail. Unfortunately, given the neighbors' property, this is not possible. We went to Mt. Madonna state park, a 20 min drive away, but this is not nearly as special or valuable as being able to walk out of the cabin onto a trail.