First, let's start with the good:
1. The location is pretty great. It's very close to the beach and also had a cool view of the flats on the backside of the house.
2. The washer/dryer was brand new and was great for our group.
3. Yung was extremely quick to respond every time we had a question and check-in was a breeze.
Now for the bad. The place has in the description: "Bright, clean, and modern accommodations with an easy block walk to the beach." This is 1 for 4 on the description:
1. While the place is bright, it definitely didn't feel clean. The whole place needs a mop down because the floor was filthy and our feet were gross every time we walked in the house barefoot.
2. The accommodations in the house are not modern, by any means. While the laundry and TV are new, the kitchen looks like it hasn't been updated since the 80s and the bathrooms need a refresh. All of that is fine, as long as you know going in that this is a fairly worn down beach house that was built in the 80s/90s and doesn't look like it's been updated since.
3. While it's true that the place is a (few) block(s) from the beach, it's not an "easy" walk by any means. It's straight downhill/uphill and for an older clientele or a group with difficulty walking would very easily be a challenging trip both down and up the hill. Just make sure you're aware of that before you book because looking at it on Google Maps could be misleading.
A few other thoughts:
1. We didn't have issues with the connected house neighbors because they didn't appear to be in town. That said, it was EXTREMELY hot while we were in town so we had to keep all the windows open in the upstairs and the neighbors on the OTHER side appeared to also be renters and were up until fairly late both nights we were in Aptos, which sucks because we had our 1 month old with us. Just be aware that both houses on either side are super close.
2. I didn't know about the front porch water feature being an natural "air conditioner" until I was reading the reviews when we were checking out. Strongly recommend you give it a try because we could feel that in the house the second we turned it on!