Twelve rooms under the oaks.
A 1911 house on a quiet street, six minutes on foot from downtown. Breakfast is included, the pool is open until nine, and the long table is set on Friday and Saturday.
The house
Twelve rooms, one long breakfast table, and a porch that faces west. We are small on purpose. You will know the names of the people who make your coffee.
- Rooms
- 12
- Built
- 1911
- Walk to downtown
- 6 min
- Breakfast
- 7:30 to 10
- Pool open 7 to 9
- Breakfast 7:30 to 10
- Fires lit at 4
- Downtown in 6 minutes
- Friday table at 7
- Free parking on the gravel
Rooms
Six kinds of room. Tap one to see the rate, the bed and the view.
Rates move with the season. The switch at the top of the page shows you the number for the time of year you are looking at.
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01 / Four of these
Queen, garden door$280 to $360 a night
Rate, bed and view
- Rate
- $280 to $360
- Bed
- Queen, linen sheets
- View
- The gravel path and the lavender
- Size
- 310 square feet
Ground floor. Your own door to the garden, a rain shower, no tub. The quietest rooms in the house after dark.
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02 / Two of these
King, sitting room, balcony$420 to $540 a night
Rate, bed and view
- Rate
- $420 to $540
- Bed
- King, oak headboard
- View
- Into the oak canopy from the balcony
- Size
- 540 square feet
Second floor, front corner. A separate sitting room with a reading chair, a clawfoot tub, and a balcony that sits level with the oak branches.
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03 / Two of these
Queen, skylights$340 to $420 a night
Rate, bed and view
- Rate
- $340 to $420
- Bed
- Queen under two skylights
- View
- Sky, and the tops of the oaks
- Size
- 420 square feet, sloped ceilings
Third floor by a steep original stair, fourteen steps and no elevator. Worth it for the skylights. Not the room for anyone who finds stairs hard.
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04 / One of these
King, kitchenette, dogs welcome$520 to $680 a night
Rate, bed and view
- Rate
- $520 to $680
- Bed
- King, plus a daybed
- View
- The pool, through your own gate
- Size
- 620 square feet, standalone
The only room that is not in the main house. A kitchenette, a small covered porch, and the one place a dog can stay with you.
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05 / Two of these
Queen, porch door$240 to $300 a night
Rate, bed and view
- Rate
- $240 to $300
- Bed
- Queen
- View
- Bachman Ave through the porch rail
- Size
- 280 square feet
Ground floor, street side, with a door straight onto the front porch. The best value in the house. The street is quiet after nine, and there are earplugs in the drawer anyway.
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06 / One of these
Two twins or a king$300 to $380 a night
Rate, bed and view
- Rate
- $300 to $380
- Bed
- Two twins, or one king if you ask
- View
- Two walls of windows, garden and street
- Size
- 360 square feet
Second floor, back corner. The room friends book when they travel together. Tell us at booking which bed setup you want and it will be made that way.
Days around the house
Four ways to spend a day. We book all of it.
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Vineyard afternoons
Three small wineries that pour for four to eight people at a time. We drive, or we book the driver.
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Redwood hikes
Two loops we have walked a hundred times, packed lunch from the kitchen, boots back by the door at four.
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Downtown dinner
We hold the tables that are hard to get and walk you to the door. Dessert is back on the porch.
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A quiet day
Pool at seven, a bath at eleven, a book on the porch. The staff know when to leave you alone.
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Stay estimator
What a stay costs, before you ask.
Pick a room, slide the nights, tell us who is coming. The number updates as you go, tax and breakfast included.
An estimate, not a quote. Rates move with the calendar, and we confirm the exact number before you pay a cent.
The house
One house, four lives.
1911
Built as a summer house
A San Francisco family built it to escape the fog. Redwood frame, a porch that wraps two sides, and the two oaks that were already old.
1962
A boarding house for teachers
Split into nine rooms with a shared kitchen. Some of the door numbers are the ones we still use.
2004
Bought, stripped back, reopened
Nora's parents bought it with the roof failing. Three years of work, then seven rooms and breakfast for twelve.
2019
The garden rooms and the cottage
Four Garden Rooms along the path, the Pool Cottage by the water, and the long table for sixteen. Twelve rooms, as it stands today.
Guest words
We came for one night on the way to Santa Cruz and stayed three. Breakfast on the porch did it. The second morning Teo remembered how I take my coffee.
Breakfast and the evening table
Breakfast is included. Dinner is on Friday and Saturday.
Eggs from a farm in the mountains, bread from the bakery on N Santa Cruz, and one long table for sixteen twice a week. Book dinner by Thursday noon.
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Tell us when, and we check.
A person reads every request. We reply the same day, usually within the hour while the desk is open.
Or call the desk, 7am to 10pm
(408) 555-0105