We were a last minute booking en route home after a long drive from visiting family. I do appreciate Lisa taking us in last minute but I think the rush of getting the room together coupled with the lack of conveyance that her son would be right next to us in the room through a locked door ( we could hear him on the phone verbatim as if he was in the room with us ) created a less than hoped for sense of restful sanctuary. Perhaps he was home for the holidays ; but whatever the case I would of wanted to know of his presence before we booked.
The place on its own though is in a sweet spot of Santa Cruz and minus the presence of a very talkative person’s voice invading our room; and coupled with the unfortunate smell of a new detergent that Lisa had used for the first time( it smelled of urine ) our stay was anything but restful. We left carved out and even more tired than we had arrived.
Lisa was apologetic about the detergent once we sussed out that was the culprit. I wasn’t going to leave a review initially because I think this may of been an off night that I got my hopes up for a sanctuary but was let down by the noise and smell.
I think Lisa has remedied the smell situation and perhaps her son has left after his holiday ( but if not, it is vital he is mentioned as I picked this place based on reviews saying how quiet the place was and for us it was anything but quiet.)