East Terrace Drive

Renting a two private Furnished Rooms in a home includes access to the rest of the home and kitchen, kitchen equipment, refrigerator, and living room entertainment center + private viewing and relaxation deck overlooking 10 acres of forest adjacent to this 1-acre property in San Lorenzo Valley.

1 PRIVATE 11ft x 12 ft (125 sf) FURNISHED ROOM FOR RENT with clothes closet. Share Quiet 2,200 sf Mountain Home w/ fantastic views and large expansive redwood deck surrounds the home. The owner-property manager is currently taking applications for a separate room in a home in Ben Lomond, conveniently accessible and close to Silicon Valley, Santa Cruz, Capitola, Scotts Valley, Monterey, and the Peninsula via Mount Hermon, Highway 17, Highway 1, Highway 9 and Graham Hill Road, only 24 minutes from Santa Cruz, 30 min from Capitola, 11 min from Scotts Valley, 8 min from Felton and 12 min from Boulder Creek. Home is centrally located in Santa Cruz County, not far from Scotts Valley and Felton in a secure neighborhood called ‘Eastridge’ (Ben Lomond) San Lorenzo Valley of Santa Cruz County.

The property manager will be interviewing suitable candidates preferably males. Only 1 boarding tenant occupant per room and no pets are allowed. Would be sharing the full bathroom with the existing UCSC student tenant, once a decision is made to rent the room to you after reference checks have been completed and you meet with the other male tenant. A Minimum term of 12 months per year, automatically going to a month to month thereafter.

Room with a large private deck is for goes for $1,600/mo (includes all the utilities); has plenty of closet space includes a beautiful German rosewood dresser with a full mirror and furnished with a new very comfortable double bed. rent includes all utilities and is open for occupancy from July 15th 2024 for a year reverting to a month to month afterwards. It’s a nice warm room with a sliding glass door for bringing in more light with adequate closet space. All boarding tenants have complete access to kitchen and cooking equipment, refrigerator and cooking privileges, living room, formal dining room, entertainment center in the living room with fabulous views, exercise equipment, and large outdoor tent dining during the spring and summer. All lodging tenants share a full bathroom across the hallway with step-down shower, classic Italian tile vanity, and tiled floor. The shared bathroom includes a brand new ceiling inset LEDs lights, modern water-saving quiet fast flush Toto Ultra Max II toilet, and a richly tiled roman style combo shower - tub, vanity, and three-direction mirror.

All Lodgers have full access privileges in the modern kitchen with new LED lights in the ceiling, 4 burner gas range; breakfast and formal dining areas, 2 large microwave ovens, 1 baking oven, and 1 modern 4 burner gas range embedded in the kitchen island. The formal dining room can be used for study or computer work; and all tenants can use the 5-speaker surround sound media center - a large 55 in flat smart screen TV in the inviting living room with spectacular views of the Santa Cruz Mountains. The room comes with its own optional Direct TV connection, Netflix and other streaming stations, Xfinity Wi-Fi Internet access throughout; new water-efficient new LG (water saving) washer and (energy saving) gas dryer in the laundry room, safe parking in the driveway or in quiet safe vehicle traffic cul-de-sac directly in front of the home. Certain chores are shared such as cleaning your room cleaning your bathroom or putting out the trash out weekly.

There is plenty of extra storage in the basement for a few more dollars per month. Off street parking is available on a large front yard concrete driveway for medium-large, medium, and smaller vehicles. Splitting rental insurance with the other tenant to protect personal property and protects you for personal medical coverage is about $150/year arranged through a local Scotts Valley insurance company is pro-rated and paid in advance, within a week of taking occupancy.

Please prepare a list of references in advance if from employers, business associates, friends, and former landlords unless you are a student co-signing a rental agreement with a parent, with pre-approved student loans before coming by to view the room and home.

All room renting lodgers have access to a local Olympic size high school swimming pool only 2 miles away for a $5.00 fee paid per visit or $25 per year at SLV High School. Excellent bicycling and day hiking region and close proximity to Felton, Scotts Valley Loch Lomond Reservoir for boating and fishing. Taking applications now for both FRONT ROOM and SOUTH ROOM WITH SPACIOUS DECK for a move-in starting this summer July 15th, 2024.

The property manager does live on the property all the time but lives quietly at the other end of the home in his own separate bedroom suite and is respectful, chill, and easy to get along with. Text email the property manager to request more information and or make an appointment. Living here is geared toward responsible, nature-loving, music-loving, cheerful, positive, easy-going, and cooperative people. 1st and last month’s rent + affordable cleaning deposit in one check due on the day of move in with a cashier’s check or cash. If interested in seeing the room and touring the home, then text message me or email.