The location is very good for access to the Boardwalk and to downtown Santa Cruz. The living room is spacious enough although putting any more than 4 people in this place will be crammed. Josie was friendly and everything went well except for two things - the weather was exceptionally cold and the only thing that kept us a little warm was a very small space heater. There is no real good heater in the house if it is cold. Also, the wireless internet barely worked.