Sweeping Ocean Views...Steps from Sandy Beaches

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Our front entrance on the side...with a pretty garden

Overview
Amenities
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Location
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Exceptional

4 bedrooms3 bathroomsSleeps 122300 sq ft

Popular amenities

Parking available
Dryer
Hot tub
Barbecue grill
Washer
Fireplace

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Santa Cruz, CA

Santa Cruz Harbor
‪2 min drive‬
Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk
‪6 min drive‬
Santa Cruz Wharf
‪6 min drive‬
Watsonville, CA (WVI-Watsonville Municipal)
‪26 min drive‬

Rooms & beds

4 bedrooms (sleeps 12)

Bonus Loft Above King Great White Water Views

1 Queen Bed

Bunk Room with two sets of Bunk Beds Lower Level

2 Single Bunk Beds

Den/Game Room/Wet Bar with Ice Maker

1 Queen Bed

King Bed Room Lower Level

1 King Bed

King Master Bedroom Suite Upper Level

1 King Bed

King Upper Level Room with Loft Above Ocean Views

1 King Bed

3 bathrooms

Hall Bathroom for the King and Loft Bedrooms Upper Level

Toilet · Shower only

Lower Level Full Bathroom for King and Bunk Room

Bathtub or shower · Toilet

Master King Room Bathroom

Toilet · Shower only · Jetted bathtub

Spaces

Deck or patio

Kitchen

Balcony

Garden

Dining area

About this property

Santa Cruz County Vacation Rental Permit # 211307

Our 'Sandcastle' Beach House is perfect for a family vacation by the sea! Its unique, soothing architecture brings the beach right into your living area. Our 2 story plus (3rd story Loft and Crow’s Nest) home offers 2,300 square feet of large, bright open spaces lending itself to gatherings of family and friends…plenty of space to spread out.

Our Beach House sleeps 12 in beds...10 adults plus kids under 9 (9 to 17 count as adults). Perfect for 2 families! We also provide a new porta crib and high chair for the babies!

Located in a quiet neighborhood only 1 block from one of Santa Cruz’s best sandy and sunny beaches with steps to the sand at the end of our street. A short walk to Sunny Cove and the other East Cliff beaches, surfing and many great restaurants. Short drive to Capitola Village, Santa Cruz Beach and Boardwalk, hiking and golf. Only 40 minutes from San Jose International Airport and 1 ½ hours south of San Francisco. Nearby, you will find Monterey, Cannery Row, the famous Monterey Bay Aquarium and beautiful Pebble Beach and Carmel…only a 30 to 45 minute drive south.

The views from the Sandcastle are outstanding…cook and dine while watching the lights on the Monterey Bay through the large solarium windows. Enjoy dinners with sweeping views from the second floor deck and sip a glass of wine from the top of the ‘Castle’ on the Crow’s Nest. Gather with the family in the downstairs family room with comfortable sofas, games, Foosball, ping pong and wet bar with a NEW under counter professional clear ice maker and refrigerator. Discover the hidden spaces to sit and read and relax throughout the house.

The house offers 3 spacious king bedrooms, a loft queen bed and a bunk room with two bunk beds. From the loft queen bedroom, you can lie in bed and enjoy whitewater views.

FREE DOMESTIC LONG DISTANCE!

PLEASE NOTE: During the Summer season (mid June to end of July), we rent BY THE WEEK ONLY. Weekly rentals are discounted. However, PLEASE contact owner by an inquiry if you wish to book a partial week and we will accommodate you if we can.

Keywords: Large bright family house, Ocean Views, Sleeps 12+ (10 adults plus children under 9), One block from sandy beach with great beach access directly at end of street. Boogie Boards and Beach chairs. Under counter Ice maker. Wet bar. Two family areas.

Property manager

Carolyn and Kipp Kramer

Languages

English

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Washer

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Free WiFi

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Living room on the main floor. Lots of windows and an open floorplan.

Kitchen
Washer
Dryer
Free WiFi

House Rules

Check in after 4:00 PM

Minimum age to rent: 28

Check out before 11:00 AM

Children

Children allowed: ages 0–17

Perfect house for kids; Games, easy beach access

Events

No events allowed

Pets

No pets allowed

Smoking

Smoking is not permitted

Rental Permit for 10 adults and kids 9 to 17. Kids under 9 do not count as adults.

Important information

You need to know

Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy

Government-issued photo identification and a credit card, debit card or cash deposit may be required at check-in for incidental charges

Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed

On-site parties or group events are strictly prohibited

Host has indicated that there is a carbon monoxide detector on the property

Host has indicated that there is a smoke detector on the property

Safety features at this property include a fire extinguisher, a first aid kit and a deadlock

About the area

Santa Cruz

Located in Eastside Santa Cruz, a neighbourhood in Santa Cruz, this holiday home is near theme parks and near the beach. Mystery Spot is a notable landmark, and the area's natural beauty can be seen at Capitola Beach and Monterey Bay. Travelling with kids? Consider Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk and Santa Cruz Museum of Natural History. Make sure you get close to the area's animals with activities such as game walks and birdwatching.

Santa Cruz, CA

What's nearby

Sunny Cove Beach - 6 min walk - 0.5 km
Santa Cruz Harbor - 2 min drive - 1.8 km
Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk - 6 min drive - 4.9 km
Santa Cruz Wharf - 6 min drive - 5.6 km
Main Beach - 13 min drive - 4.9 km

Getting around

Watsonville, CA (WVI-Watsonville Municipal) - 26 min drive

Restaurants

‪Crow's Nest Restaurant - ‬3 min drive
‪Peoples Coffee - ‬16 min walk
‪Starbucks - ‬4 min walk
‪Brady's Yacht Club - ‬4 min drive
‪Verve Coffee Roasters - ‬2 min drive

Frequently asked questions

Is Sweeping Ocean Views...Steps from Sandy Beaches pet-friendly?

No, pets are not allowed at this property.

What time is check-in at Sweeping Ocean Views...Steps from Sandy Beaches?

Check-in begins at 4:00 PM.

What time is check-out at Sweeping Ocean Views...Steps from Sandy Beaches?

Checkout is at 11:00 AM.

Where is Sweeping Ocean Views...Steps from Sandy Beaches located?

This family-friendly Santa Cruz holiday home is located by the sea, within a 10-minute walk of Santa Maria's Beach, Sunny Cove Beach and Twin Lakes State Beach. Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk is 2.4 mi (3.8 km) away.

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9.8/10

Cleanliness

10/10

Check-in

10/10

Communication

10/10

Location

10/10

Listing accuracy

10/10 Excellent

Jonathan J.

7 Jul, 2024

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Awesome house

We stay here every year and absolutely love it!! Already booked it again for next year!

Stayed 5 nights in Jun 2024

10/10 Excellent

Ann M.

19 Aug, 2024

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Family Reunion

All 3 generations of our family loved this house and its location!

Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2024

10/10 Excellent

Alyson W.

2 Sept, 2024

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Another amazing trip to Sandcastle

My family loves this house, which is why we’ve been 3 times. Very spacious, great for multi families. Close to beach, all the amenities you want in a rental. Owners are accommodating and thoughtful.

Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2024

10/10 Excellent

patti p.

9 Jun, 2024

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Family vacation

The house is perfect for our group. We loved it!

Stayed 7 nights in Jun 2024

10/10 Excellent

Dan M.

16 Aug, 2023

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Perfect for 9 of us. We’ll stocked and just a block from the beach

Perfect for our family vacation

Stayed 7 nights in Aug 2023

10/10 Excellent

Gurjeet K.

10 Apr, 2023

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Great beach house for the family

The house was beautiful and stocked with everything you need for a great beach vacation

Stayed 3 nights in Apr 2023

10/10 Excellent

Jill M.

14 Aug, 2024

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Beautiful Stay

Fantastic home. We brought extra toiletries and TP due to experiences that some in our party had endured when staying at other spots. Not needed here. This home was generously supplied with everything visitors might need, from the kitchen to the baths to the puzzle closet and more. Lovely views, everything as advertised. Highly recommend!

Stayed 7 nights in Jul 2024

10/10 Excellent

Natalie H.

13 Jun, 2024

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

A great house!

This was our second time staying here and we love this house. It is incredibly well stocked. Our group of 11 stayed here for four nights and cooked all of our meals. There wasn’t anything that we wished we had, that wasn’t in the house. It’s so close to the beach, the location couldn’t be much better. It’s a great place for a couple of families to stay together.

Stayed 4 nights in Jun 2024

10/10 Excellent

Camille W., Riverside

24 Jun, 2023

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Family Vacation

The his is a fabulous place for family vacation! Comfortable rooms, everything you can imagine in the kitchen, beach toys , chairs, towels and games! A short walk to the beach and tide pools! We will definitely stay again!!

Stayed 7 nights in Jun 2023

10/10 Excellent

patti p.

8 Jun, 2023

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

A memorable vacation

This house was perfect for our family. There is plenty of room to spread out and the ping pong and foosball were nice. It is a short walk to the beach and we loved the views from the house.

Stayed 7 nights in Jun 2023

10/10 Excellent

Alyson W.

4 Sept, 2023

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Perfect rental

2nd time staying here. It’s a lovely house with everything you need. Owners are amazing. Location is great. The house is beautifully decorated and laid out well.

Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2023

10/10 Excellent

Leslie A.

30 Aug, 2023

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Summer Family Vacay 2023

Awesome place for multiple families to stay. Great for all ages especially kids. Loved how they have a ton of kitchen stuff, we love cooking. Super view. Close to beach.

Stayed 9 nights in Aug 2023

10/10 Excellent

Charles A.

11 May, 2023

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Twin Lakes Getaway

This vacation home was just perfect for our family gathering. We were near the beach and everything was as described by the owner. A number of our family members are already talking about coming back next year.

Stayed 3 nights in May 2023

10/10 Excellent

Patty R.

14 Sept, 2023

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Sandcastle

Well stocked home in a great neighborhood. Close to everything. A couple minutes walk to the beach. Wonderful!

Stayed 4 nights in Sep 2023

10/10 Excellent

Charles F.

13 Jan, 2023

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Good times in Santa Cruz

The house was great, plenty of room, close to the beach and lots to do. The house was very clean and close to shopping malls. Our family had a wonderful vacation. Thank You Carolyn and Kip.

Stayed 7 nights in Dec 2022

10/10 Excellent

Andy S.

28 Dec, 2023

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Merry Christmas!

Sandcastle is a warm, welcoming and very friendly and comfortable home. We came with our adult children and grands and totally enjoyed our Christmas. The owners decorated for Christmas, which made it extra special. Thank you for making this special place available to us! Happy New Year!!

Stayed 5 nights in Dec 2023

10/10 Excellent

Mandie K.

7 Dec, 2023

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Great Spot in Santa Cruz

We booked this for Thanksgiving and then half of our family couldn't attend with us. This was still an amazing space for our family even by ourselves for the holiday. My 7 year old LOVED the loft room, and we appreciated all the beach toys to use. I just want to live in that living room the rest of my life.

Stayed 4 nights in Nov 2023

10/10 Excellent

Jamie L.

4 Jan, 2024

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Family Christmas

The home exceeded our expectations. The pictures don’t do it justice. There wasn’t one thing the owner didn’t think about when stocking the home for guests. It was like being home away from home. Thank you!

Stayed 3 nights in Dec 2023

10/10 Excellent

Fiona M.

10 Aug, 2023

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Clean and close to beach

The house was great for our annual friend/family together. The beds were comfortable with nice crisp white sheets. Layout was great, I wouldn't put small kids in the loft but it was perfect for the teenage girl in our group. Kitchen was well stocked. It is a block and a half to the beach and the house had plenty of boogie boards and chairs. Would rent again if in the area.

Stayed 4 nights in Aug 2023

10/10 Excellent

Cory B., Redding, CA

19 Jun, 2023

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Perfect spot, wonderful house

The stay was everything we needed and wanted for a handful of teens/kids and chaperones. Only issues were door code was based off of Vrbo account (old cell number) but the Welcome letter had my new number as the code, so a bit confusing. Also, there were some ants, the fridge filters needed to be replaced and the water filter on the sink didn't work so we just drank tap water and hoped for the best (we were totally fine). Teens stayed downstairs and had a great time with the bonus room, TV area and bunk beds. Younger kids and adults loved the loft and master bedroom. Thank you so much, we will absolutely stay again!

Stayed 3 nights in Jun 2023

10/10 Excellent

R V.

24 Aug, 2019

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Super Sandcastle

This was our family's second year at the Sandcastle. The property is a perfect spot for our growing family (three young grandchildren). The couples had their own rooms, the two older kids slept in the bunks, and the baby was in portacrib in the master bedroom. The well-equipped kitchen and living spaces made cooking together, socializing and keeping an eye on the children easy, and it was a luxury to have three bathrooms. The 6 and 3 year-olds loved the games and playing hide and seek and foosball. They are looking forward to being old enough to play ping pong and basketball. Best of all, the house is just one block from a great beach for little ones. They played in the sand, waded, flew kites and explored the tidepools.

Stayed 6 nights in Aug 2019

This review was submitted before 2018 and has not been verified.

10/10 Excellent

Ruth J., Sacramento, CA

15 Sept, 2013

Definitely a 5+ Star Rental

Definitely a 5+ star rental. We rented this home for a week long family reunion which included 9 adults and 2 children. We traveled from Sacramento, our adult children traveled here from Washington, Idaho and Texas. This home is exceptional in every way! These are just a few of the things that we loved the best: 1) Location – It is a very short walk to the stairs that leads directly to the beach. It is a great beach which is much larger than some other beaches in the area. 2) This home is fully stocked! Kitchen equipment, dishes, towels for home and the beach, beach chairs, boogie boards, washer and dryer, 2 full size refrigerators, one in the house and one in the garage, even an outside shower to clean of the beach sand before coming inside. 3) Lots of space or eating or just visiting. There are multiple eating areas – a large kitchen table, a table with umbrella out on the deck which is just off the inside dining area, bar stools at the kitchen counter and a large bar with stools down stairs off the second family room area. 4) 2 Family room areas, one upstairs, one downstairs. 5) Games & Entertainment – the ping pong table, basketball game and foosball table kept my adult kids very well entertained. There was lots of movies to watch too and two separate TV entertainment areas. 6) The view from the upstairs family room and the crow’s nest seating area. 7) The home was exceptionally clean! 8) The owner was so helpful. I emailed her several times with questions as I planned our trip. While we were there we enjoyed the Santa Cruz Boardwalk, zip line & redwood canopy tour at Mount Herman, the Monterey Bay Aquarium, 17-mile drive, Carmel and the beach. We had a great time. This was a wonderful place to stay and we hated to leave! We would definitely recommend this home to everyone!

10/10 Excellent

Dawn D.

2 Sept, 2024

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2024

10/10 Excellent

Tina B.

27 Dec, 2022

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Christmas vacation

Lovely property, house was decorated for us to enjoy our Christmas vacation. Super close to beach, my Grandchildren swam every day in the ocean. Plenty of towels, beach chairs they even had sweatshirts if you needed one😊.

Stayed 5 nights in Dec 2022

10/10 Excellent

Robert S.

19 Sept, 2022

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

We had all of our children and grandchildren together under one roof for three days.

The accommodations were better than we had imagined. Very well stocked with all the comforts of home. We couldn’t have asked for more. We’ll be back!

Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2022

About the host

Hosted by Carolyn and Kipp Kramer

In short, we love the beach! When our children were young, we would come and play at this beach. We were so excited to find this wonderful beach house and have created many great memories here.

Why they chose this property

We fell in love with the unique architecture, bright open spaces of the house and the huge solarium windows across the front. But the biggest reason we bought this house is the views! The Monterey Bay is right outside your window where you can watch the lights of Monterey twinkle at night, the fog roll in from the Pacific and the sailboats float by. When we first saw the house…it took our breath away!

Our beach house is in one of the sunniest, warmest spots in Santa Cruz. The beach is wide and easily accessible just one short block from the house. The location is perfect...nestled right between the Wharf, the Boardwalk and Capitola.

What makes this property unique

We love walking down to the beach to watch the surfers up and down the coast and the sunset over the Pacific Ocean in the late afternoon. At night, we either walk or drive to the great restaurants close by.