We had a very enjoyable October 50th Anniversary week at Pajaro with a more festive(at least festive by Senior standards) weekend crowd occupying 2 units & then with a series of rotating guests during the weekdays. As hoped, October was a good weather time, coming after the summer fog & morning cloudiness & before the rainy season.; pretty sunsets from the 5th level & clear blue skies most every day.
The 4th(large, very well stocked kitchen & dining area) & 5th (large living room & good-sized deck with lovely ocean view to give that Ocean Beach Aura) levels are the big drawing cards for this house, with that long dining table(sits 12 easily) allowing you to have the feeling an Italian Family-Style Dinner out on a Tuscan Patio(except we are Irish & there are no sunsets from the table), while the 5th level room & deck provide a view & sound & smell of a couple of breaking waves seen in between the front row beach houses. I had had concerns about the house being too far off the beach to generate a full Beach House Aura, but such was not the case at all, thanks to level 5. The deck was a lovely area to hang out, to view the ocean, to read, snack, especially when the winds were particularly low in the morning & late evening.
Level 3’s ground level, main entrance has a spacious, modern, masterful Master Bedroom & Bathroom with jacuzzi bath; the half-bathroom just outside the Master Bedroom was very useful. The Level 2 Hot Tub sat 6 easily & got plenty of use. The beach was a 2 minute stroll along the walkway, & although there were 25 steps down to the beach, they were shallow steps, easily & quickly navigated, even by our Seniors. And the Beach is quite wide, relatively flat without sudden drop-offs, & family-friendly; we even had a few “Ocean Swimmers” in the group! And while 5 levels were of some concern for the Seniors managing them, it was not a practical problem, the 2nd & 3rd generations zipping up & down the stairs with only 6-7 steps between the top floors, while the seventy-somethings also managed, just at a less zippy pace.
The house was super clean & super well stocked with agent Janet answering her phone quickly & having a generous gift basket waiting for you after an easy check-in. Thus, a 5 Star “funky” 5 Level rental with many appealing features, with good beach access to a fine beach and with a good beach feeling despite being some yards off the actual beach.