First off I want to say we absolutely loved almost everything about this place and the hosts were very nice and responsive. We loved the style, the space, the kitchen, the deep soaking tub (which we utilized daily). It was very comfortable. We also loved the location just slightly out of town with a more semi-rural feel, but not far from everything Santa Cruz has to offer. The only issue, which we didn't realize completely until after we check out, is that we suffered greatly from cat allergies. Before reserving the place I read all the reviews, and lots of people mentioned a friendly cat. I should've taken that as a red flag, but I didn't. I just assumed, wrongly, that the cat stayed outside. Well, we did see this cat daily, which hung around the front porch and sat on the porch bench and cushions. Well, while we were staying there we thought we were suffering from winter colds. It turned out it was our cat allergies. We assumed previous guests must have let it in the cottage. The reason we came to this conclusion is within 20-30 minutes after we checked out our "Cold" symptoms suddenly subsided, and that's when we realized it had mostly been allergies that were making us suffer. That said, unless you are allergic to cats, I would highly recommend this place, and we would stay here again ourselves in a heartbeat if not for our allergies.