"Winter escape. We have very much enjoyed staying at this house for five weeks during January and parts of February. We were very pleased with great weather during our stay so that we could enjoy the backyard for lunch and have a nice barbecue for our friends. The place is very well equipped when it comes to the kitchen, linens and towels. We also took the opportunity to rent bikes from this property so that we could go down to the harbor and also to main street. The layout of the house is great with one master bedroom with a king-size bed and a large walk-in closet (great for us that stayed for five weeks). There were two more bedrooms both very nice with exit to the porch. Two toilets and one shower. Even though we were six people staying the night at one time we never run out of hot water. Since we were there for five weeks we joined the YMCA that was excellent with pool and yoga and exercise equipment. We were able to join for a month and bring guests. We also bought tickets for Santa Barbara film festival and had a great time watching films that were new. At the property there was a great movie system. We had 419 movies to choose from and we watched quite a few, it would be nice with two more comfortable chairs in the living room since we often enjoyed movies with our friends. In the backyard there was a sound system where one could plug in one’s own phone and enjoy some soft music while watching the stars. The garden was well taken care of and we were able to pick avocados directly from the tree. We did laundry in the garage and while doing that we played on the arcade games. One night the furnace said god night and we woke up in the morning feeling cold. We e-mailed the owner about the problem and he reached back with us within an hour, after that his handyman came out to see if he could fix it when not able to do so he had a company come out and they worked on the problem after business hours so at bedtime the house was nice and warm again! We loved the ice-cream parlor two blocks away, wholefoods and Trader Joes for groceries and State Street for restaurants, great shops and a fantastic atmosphere. We would love to be back´next winter and it was a great house to stay in for a longer stretch of time."
