242 Alta Ave, Santa Cruz, CA 95060

You'll love the sense of spaciousness of this 3 bedroom, 2.5 bathroom single family home located along beautiful Bethany Curve. Inside the house, there are high-vaulted wood beam ceilings in the living room with a wood stove fireplace to keep you cozy in the winter months. The open floor plan downstairs creates a nice flow between the kitchen, dining room, and living room, which is great for entertaining. French doors off of the dining room provide easy access to the garden patio in the side yard facing Bethany Curve. The flooring downstairs is all tiling. In the kitchen there is a nice window above the kitchen sink that provides natural lighting, and there is a large walk-in kitchen pantry. The kitchen is outfitted with a gas stove/oven, refrigerator, dishwasher, microwave, garbage disposal. Off the kitchen in the back of the house, there is access to the fully carpeted garage with lots of built-in storage, and a mud/laundry room with a full-sized washer and dryer. Off the mud/laundry room, there is a 1/2 bathroom and exterior door that leads you to another side patio. This fully gated side patio has pavers, a large water feature with a fountain, patio furniture, outdoor shower, surf rack and hooks, clothes drying line, children's sandbox, compost bin, and heavy duty bike rack that can hold 4 bikes. In the garden around the house enjoy fresh cut flowers, and the edible landscape with strawberries, apples, pears, kiwi, huckleberries, blueberries, herbs, and more! Back inside, a large spiral staircase leads upstairs to all three bedrooms and the two full baths. The master bedroom has a walk-in closet and full bathroom with a shower stall and double sink with white marble counters. Down the hall from the masters bedroom, is a linen closet, another full sized bathroom with a soaker tub, and two bedrooms. One of the bedrooms has a queen size Murphy bed, two closets, and a large balcony overlooking the front of the house and Bethany Curve. This room pairs well as a home-office/guest room. The second bedroom has high vaulted wood beam ceilings and a closet. The upstairs bedrooms have wooden floors, and tile flooring is in both bathrooms. The house is completely solar powered and equipped with an EV car fast charger. Park your car on-street or in the drive-way (in front of the garage). The house is located on a safe and quiet street with wonderful neighbors, and two blocks up from West Cliff Drive. Walking distance to all the best things Santa Cruz's Lower West Side has to offer: Beaches/surf spots (Mitchells, Its Beach, Steamers, Natural Bridges), coffee shops (Verve, 11th Hour Coffee, Cat & Cloud), wineries (Santa Cruz Mountain Vineyard, Equinox), breweries (Humble Sea, Santa Cruz Mountain Brewing), restaurants/bakeries (Bantam, West End Tap and Grill, Companion Bakeshop), the Saturday Farmers Market, and grocery stores (Newleaf, Safeway, Food Bin/Herb Room). This is an unfurnished rental, with a month-to-month rental agreement. The Renter is responsible for paying all utilities (water, electric, gas, garbage/recycling, internet, phone, cable). All solar power generated at the rental property can be used to offset the electricity bill, which usually offsets the entire electricity bill with the exception of the $10 monthly grid connection fee. The rental also includes a ChargePoint Level 2 electric car charger that can deliver 15 kW. Landscaping service will be paid by the Landlord. No smoking on the property.