My girlfriend and I decided to do a home away from home trip into Santa Cruz for the weekend and were very pleased with our choice to stay at Merritt's place. A little ways out of the normal popular attractions of SC. It has a nice, home-y feeling to the whole neighborhood, which was pleasant.
Merritt is a kind, sweet older gentleman and takes very good care of his home and garden. He explained everything very thoroughly at the beginning when showing us around. Comfy hammock outside, he let us use a couple bikes. A bit older but they worked fine.
The bed was like sleeping on a cloud. Woke up to some chirping birds
Overall great time, would probably go back again for another weekend home away from home getaway.