Pleasure Point Beach House~Walk To Beach~Dogs Ok~

My family LOVED this beach house when we stayed over Thanksgiving. We opted to rent the side unit for my parents, and it was a fantastic set-up! The kids had a cute "surf" room, and the master bedroom looked out over a lovely tropical backyard. The guest unit where my parents stayed was really cute and totally separate from the main house, so they felt like they could have their own retreat when needed. It's a perfect vacation spot a very short walk from the beach. Bicycles and boogie boards were included, and we enjoyed walking to watch the surfers every morning. Overall we had a great time and would highly recommend it for a family vacation by the beach

We had about 7 people stay here and although it was a little tight, everyone had a great time. The hot tub was fantastic and it's close to the ocean. Just a short little walk down to a cute little cafe and some good views of the surfers. Overall, it was a great place for friends to catch up.

We reserved this house several months ago from the previous owner. I won't complain about the communication issues with her but will say that once I got in contact with the new owner she was helpful.

The house itself is located well, a couple blocks from the ocean in a funky Santa Cruz neighborhood. The neighbors seemed friendly although the guy next door has a bunch of old cars in the front yard...covered with plastic tarps I suppose to make them less unattractive.

The first surprise was that the house is really only a partial house for rent...the garage has been converted into a unit and has full time residents. We would not have rented had we known this and found it very limitting to have neighbors so close, who's windows were open and on our patio...

The second surprise was the condition of the house. It was very dirty, the carpet is gross and the kitchen very out of date. The dishes we used were in the cupboard dirty so we had to rewash everything we used. I would say the pots and pans were pretty beat up to but that would make them sound better than they were. I suppose the best thing would be to plan not to cook in this house and certainly bring you own wine glasses as this house has only flutes...

The beds were okay although the linens were a long way from new. Again the carpet and the rugs in the bathrooms were a mess.

All in all a dissapointment. I give it the second star only because it has a new owner who seemed nice, perhaps, hopefully, she is going to remedy the issues...oh yeah the spa water was fairly cloudy but clear enough to see the sand in the bottom. We didn't get in...