The Pros: Location, Location, Location! I love the west side of Santa Cruz and Gail's place is right in the heart of it, and just two blocks from the beach. You can't beat the location of this place. It's on a lovely and quite street with great parking allowing you to back up to the door. Super close to coffee, restaurants and grocery. The kitchen and bedroom get lots of great light. Theres a huge, gorgeous lemon tree right outside the kitchen window.
The kitchen is well stocked so if you plan to cook you'll likely have everything you need.
The Cons: I realize this is a personal preference but the bed was on the hard side and I couldn't sleep on it. Also, the couch is really hard. Gail has a great topper though that fits perfectly on the couch when pulled out into a bed. I slept great on that during my stay.
The back of the house (bedroom and bathroom) run cold in the winter. She has two space heaters to help with this.
Gail was very responsive!
I would absolutely stay again.