Michael's private house was excellent! I stayed for 2 nights. The photos are very accurate to what the place actually looks like. The house is very spacious and the bathroom is huge and the kitchen is nice and big too. I sat up on the whale watching deck each morning with my coffee and it was awesome! I'm pretty sure I saw a couple whales also, or at least something that had a spout :0 As everyone else has mentioned, the bakery deli next door is really good and very convenient. Michael was great and very easy going. Everything I needed was provided. I really liked the location of this place cause you feel like you are very remote off the coast, but its only 9 miles to downtown Santa Cruz. I can't wait to stay here again!