5+1
Bedrooms
4.5+1
Bathrooms
5,000
Sq Ft
2.9
Private Acres
180°
Bay Panorama
Sleeps 15
Capacity
7
AV Screens
40 min
Silicon Valley
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The Property

The ultimate private retreat
in Santa Cruz, California.

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 fire pit on 2.9 completely private acres — no neighboring sightlines from the house, a botanical garden, an Airstream parked on the grounds. These aren't amenities added for guests – they're here because we love them.

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
Guests dining bay view
Upper Deck · Dawn · Full Bay Panorama
Main deck BBQ people
Main Deck · BBQ · Lounge · Panoramic Bay
Hot tub deck bay
Hot Tub Deck · Bay Horizon
Upper deck full sectional
Upper Deck · Full Sectional · Dawn
10-seat formal dining
10-Seat Dining · The Bay Behind Every Guest
Main kitchen viking
Main Kitchen · Viking Range · Sub-Zero
Primary suite circle chair
Primary Suite · Cathedral Ceiling · Bay View
Second suite king blue desk
Second Suite · King · Bay View · Desk
Bunk room kids loft
Bunk Room · Loft Beds · Bay Windows
Family room fireplace
Family Room · Fireplace · Bay Windows
Game room foosball
Game Room · Foosball · Full Kitchen
Reference audio room I
Reference Audio · Two Dedicated Rooms
Audio room II bay windows
Audio Room II · Bay Windows
Lawn fire pit bay
The Lawn · Fire Pit · Bay at Dusk
Grounds Monterey Bay
The Grounds · 180° Monterey Bay
Garden path tree ferns
Garden Path · Tree Ferns · Bay at End
Botanical garden golden hour
Botanical Garden · Golden Hour · Stone Path
Garden patio adirondack
Garden Patio · Adirondack Chairs
The grounds at night · illuminated terraces
The Grounds · After Dark · Illuminated Terraces
Accommodations

Three spaces.
Fifteen 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
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.

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
Nebula Photo I
Nebula Photo II
Shot from this property  ·  nebulagallery.com
Twilight
Where every evening ends the same way.
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. Zero shared property. No neighboring sightlines from the house — complete visual privacy from every outdoor space.
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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. We respond within 24 hours.
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