First and foremost, Christine is an excellent communicator. She reached out right after I booked the place, a few times before arrival, and on the day of. Within her cottage, every drawer and container is explicitly labelled; this is in addition to a comprehensive binder with careful house rule and instructions. There was an abundance of supplies (towels, kitchen utensils and dinnerware; hooks for hanging clothes/towels, coffee/tea, etc) for anything you could ever ask for. Even a selection of wine from which to choose a bottle! The cottage itself is spacious (more so than I expected from the photos), and has the peace and quiet of a local neighborhood, while affording the convenience of proximity to a Target (in a mall), Whole Foods and various restaurants. For our short visit to places mostly in Santa Cruz and Capitola, it was a perfect location to quickly get to where we needed to go.