The Property

This is our home.
Twice a year,
it's yours.

One mile off the ocean, and five hundred feet above the bay, facing due south, with Santa Cruz on your right and Monterey on your left, nothing between you and the Pacific but clear air. The panorama is 180°. It's unobstructed from every main room, every bedroom, the deck, and the hot tub. This isn't a view you catch through a window – it's the organizing fact of the property.

The compound is 5,000 square feet on 2.9 private acres. There's a reference audio system built across two dedicated rooms, a whole-home audio system so sound reaches everywhere, a soaking jacuzzi and steam room with panoramic ocean views, a Caldera Geneva hot tub on the deck, an observatory-grade telescope with a professional astronomer who can be on-site, a botanical garden, an Airstream parked on the grounds. These aren't amenities added for guests – they're here because we love them.

We rent it fourteen nights a year. We're looking for guests who'll treat it the way we do.

180°
Ocean Panorama
5,000
Square Feet
2.9
Private Acres
14
Nights / Year
Living room ocean view
Living Room · Full Bay View
Listening room
Listening Room I
Ocean deck
Ocean Deck · Fire Table
Listening room II
Listening Room II · Bay Windows
The grounds
The Grounds · 2.9 Acres
Garden path
Garden Path · Tree Ferns · Bay at End
Botanical garden
Botanical Garden · Golden Hour · Stone Path
Garden patio
Garden Patio · Adirondack Chairs · Rhododendrons
Stone fountain
Stone Fountain · Succulents · Agave
Upper deck dawn
Upper Deck · Dawn · Full Bay Panorama
Hot tub deck
Hot Tub Deck · Yucca Trees · Bay Horizon
Main deck BBQ
Main Deck · BBQ · Lounge · Panoramic Bay
Upper deck sectional
Upper Deck · Full Sectional · Concrete Planters · Dawn
10-seat dining
10-Seat Dining · The Bay Behind Every Guest
Kitchen
Main Kitchen · Viking Range · Sub-Zero · Ocean View
Game room
Game Room · Foosball · Full Kitchen
Foosball kitchen
Foosball · Kitchen · Bay View
Lawn fire pit
The Lawn · Fire Pit · Bay at Dusk
Grounds after dark
The Grounds · After Dark
Master suite
Master Suite · Cathedral Ceiling · Bay View
Soaking jacuzzi
Soaking Jacuzzi · Steam Room · Ocean Views
Garden terrace at dusk
Garden Terrace · Illuminated · Bay Horizon
Sunset panorama
Where every evening ends
the same way.
Accommodations

Three spaces.
Twelve guests.
One private compound.

Guests at the dining table, Monterey Bay behind
The Main House
5,000 sqft · Primary Residence

Open great room, 10-seat dining with bay windows on three sides, ocean deck with fire table, hot tub, steam room. Two Tempur-Pedic king suites, bunk room, three premium seating zones. Both audio rooms and the observatory are in the main house.

2 King SuitesHot TubSteam RoomFire TableBoth Audio Rooms
Guest suite foosball and kitchen
The Guest Suite
Fully Independent · Private Entrance · Full Kitchen

Separate entrance, induction cooktop, convection oven, sectional sofa, TV, workout equipment, foosball table. Completely self-contained – a family with young kids can be on their own schedule without affecting anyone else. Or staff. Or the couple who want quiet.

Private EntranceFull KitchenetteWorkout GearFoosball
Airstream walnut interior
The Airstream Globetrotter
2022 · 25 ft · Walnut Interior · Sleeps 5

A 2022 Airstream Globetrotter with walnut-finish interior, parked on 2.9 private acres with the Pacific as its view. For the part of the group that wants something more cinematic. At night, it's the best seat on the property for watching the stars while the astronomer works.

Sleeps 5Walnut Interior2022Best Stargazing Position
THE AIRSTREAM

Unexpected.
Parked on 2.9 acres.
Walnut. Twin beds. Stars.

A 2022 Airstream Globetrotter with a walnut interior, twin beds, and a full kitchen – parked on the property grounds. You catch a slice of the bay through the trees. At night the observatory is thirty feet away, and the quiet is total. It becomes the one everyone argues about sleeping in.

Airstream exterior
2022 Airstream Globetrotter · Silver · Golden Hour
Airstream walnut interior
Walnut Interior · Full Kitchen · TV
Airstream dining nook
Cream Leather Dining Nook · Converts to Bed
The Experiences

Two things guests
talk about for years.

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The Audio
Sanctuaries
$250,000 Reference System · Two Dedicated Rooms

Most people have never been in a room where the sound system costs more than their car. We have two of them.

Room One is a dedicated acoustic chamber – purpose-built, treated ceiling and walls, a pair of statement loudspeakers, tube electronics, and a turntable with a cartridge most audio dealers have never seen in person. You sit in the Eames chair and things happen that are hard to describe.

Room Two faces west. Wrap-around windows. The bay fills the background. Leather chairs, vinyl records going back decades, and the same quality of playback. A sound engineer is available to be on-site – to run sessions, guide listening, and answer every question.

Over $250,000 in reference audio equipment, two dedicated rooms
Sound engineer available on request
Curated vinyl library spanning multiple decades and genres
No comparable private rental experience exists in California
Room One
Room Two
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The Astronomy
Observatory
$35,000 Observatory-Grade Telescope · Coastal Dark Sky

The sky at 500 feet in Aptos is different. You notice it the first clear night. Our observatory-grade telescope makes it personal.

A professional astronomer can be arranged for clear evenings – setting up the scope, guiding your guests through what they're seeing, and when conditions allow, capturing long-exposure images of nebulae your guests choose. Those prints are processed and mailed after the stay – astrophotography taken from your temporary home, of targets your guests chose. View examples at nebulagallery.com.

$35,000 observatory-grade telescope setup on 2.9 private acres
Professional astronomer available on request
Custom astrophotography available – printed and shipped post-stay
500 ft elevation, coastal position – exceptional dark-sky access
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Nebula Photo I
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Nebula Photo II
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Twilight
Property Credentials

What makes this place different.

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180° Panorama – Every Main Room
Santa Cruz to Monterey, the full arc of the bay, at 500 feet. Unobstructed from every living area, bedroom, and the deck.
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2.9 Private Acres · Botanical Gardens
Mature native trees, redwood terraces, raised beds, decomposed granite paths. No shared property. No HOA. No neighboring sightlines.
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David Kinch's Mentone · 5 Minutes
The chef behind Manresa – three Michelin stars – opened Mentone in Aptos Village. Cavalleta is steps away – same chef as Trestles, the best restaurant in Santa Cruz, and a destination on its own. The Hideout is the neighborhood bar that's actually good. Bittersweet Bistro, Café Sparrow, a dozen more within five minutes.
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Silicon Valley · 40 Minutes. San Francisco · 90.
The Bay Area's primary escape corridor, and one of the few properties at this level within reach of it. Santa Cruz is ten minutes. Seacliff Beach is one.
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The Grounds Are Event-Ready
Multi-tier illuminated terrace, lawn, fire pit. Ceremony and reception capacity for 35–40. Shuttle access from Capitola. Managed by owners, not an HOA.
Get in Touch

Come see it.
Then decide.

We respond to curator and platform inquiries within 24 hours. A site visit can be arranged on short notice. The property speaks for itself in person.

Platform / Curator Inquiry
Handled personally by the owners. Site visits welcome anytime. We respond within 24 hours.