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3br - 850ft2 - 1905 Craftsman, Pets! kids, parking, walk town/bch **SPECIAL**
3BR / 2Ba
850ft2
rent period:
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*** SPECIAL $389 a night through May 15, 2026. 2 night minimum for weekends, $145 per rental for cleaning. This Special includes the Hippy Trailer as well! ***
Downtown Craftsman House & Vintage Camper sleeps 8+ with 2 full baths, off street parking & porch (only) smoking.
A Fully equipped kitchen w pots, pans, cutlery, convection oven, coffees, spices & all basics.
We include all linens, soaps, coffee and tea, a rollout single, converting LR couch, highchair, Pac-Play, wedding mirror, central heat and small ac.
Ruth House accepts Pets and is Ez to State St (4 blks) and the beach (7 blks). Addl small fee for Camper, pls read main text.
This is a Permitted Licensed Santa Barbara Vacation Rental, and your reservation is not subject to an abrupt cancellation.
Our 1905 period home is upgraded with central heating & a modern kitchen, while retaining much of the original fittings and character of old SB.
The Craftsman has 2 bathrooms; one with a shower serving the forward bedroom and also has a door to the living area. The master has a Jacuzzi tub in a private bath which also has a shower ring as well.
The home posts as sleeping 8-10, which is 8 on beds (if optioning the Camper), a queen size Ikea convertible couch in the living room (far better than traditional fold outs) and also the possibility of another person or child using a good rollaway folding single kept in a closet. You could sleep 10 using all beds and the Ikea FRIHETEN couch, and still there is a roll-out single fold out as well.
EXPECTATIONS:
This original period home is spacious for 4, comfortable for 6 and will become intimate for more than 6. But the sleeping and utilitarian aspect can be stretched to 8 and even to 10. As mentioned, If you are being utilitarian there is also a roll away bed in a closet to sleep another. This can be a great value in Santa Barbara!
The 3rd trundle bed is in a nice finished rear porch which is smaller than a normal bedroom, but adequate with the daybed and a closing door. The day bed is a real mattress single bed and also has a pop up second single bed trundle which aligns to make a king size area bed. This will use up the entire porch when open!, but these are real mattresses and the porch is very comfortable and airy, heated and w lighting.
ADD-ONS and OFFERS:
1) Our 1968 original camper is our Happy Hippy Haven and is finished inside with Double Bed, TV, power, games and heat for a comfortable place as added space. It's a nice journey back in time to prior days in ole Santa Barbara. NOTE: this camper is solely for the use of the main house. It is never rented or used separately. If you rent the house and do not need the camper, it sits empty. The Happy Hippy Haven Camper is available by separate door code for $50 the first night and $25 each additional night.
2) Mexican Breakfast or Lunch! Prepared and served by our own Maria.
Authentic hand pressed tortillas and hand ground salsa! Huevos Rancheros style w Beans, rice and all ingredients from scratch. Guests choose salsa intensity. Up to 6 persons, additional $18 per. BONUS: Dining and Kitchen left perfectly clean and put away (Maria is main housekeeper). Breakfast for 6 $150, add $18 per additional guest. Lunch and Dinner $175.
3) Floral. During our housekeeping prep for you we will place beautiful sunny bouquet's in the living room (and dining if seperate) and smaller displays in each room. $85
NOTE: We have neighbors who will not be happy with any guest group more than posted on your reservation, or with any party related behaviors. They will document and report any abuse and deposits and fee's can be applied. Please do not make any plans like that (thx).
Smoking is not allowed in the home. Smoking is highly regulated in the City limits. Smoking is allowed outside and elsewhere on this property, but not indoors. There is a covered porch with seating one can safely use.
We are pet owners and invite pets without upfront extra fee's. The floors are all hard surfaces and pretty much pet friendly. There is a fenced yard. If your pet causes soiling in the home there is an excellent vacuum in one of the closets to stay away from extra cleaning fees due to the pet. Using the yard for non-clipped nails pets and/or excitable pets will avoid possible damage. We do have a Pet Fee's if we find beach sand or pet hair inside and any manner of pet waste which has been left for our crew to clean up inside or out. We want pet owners to have a NO COST option, however you must mitigate extra cleaning caused by any pet. Vacuuming pet hair and light mopping a rooms floor if needed is an owner responsibility to avoid charges. Using the fenced yard (see pictures) and limiting the pet time inside might be a good minimization for instance.
The TV has ROKU and is ready for your own home acct if you like. But ROKU has hundreds and hundreds of movies, TV shows and children's shows. An antenna is also on for local stations to get local news and weather. There is no Cable.
NOTE: Air Conditioning is rarely needed in the beach town of Santa Barbara. However there will be 2-3 weeks a year that can become uncomfortable. We have added Air Conditioning to our rental, however it is a portable model kept in a closet and requires rolling near the living room window and attaching the hose and fitted bracket to operate it. If you close the bedroom doors this unit is sized to be effective for the living room/kitchen combined area, and helps you avoid hot days. This is not central air. The evenings will be cool again and the whole house will be comfortable overnight in all the rooms. If you are here during a heat wave you may use it. TIP: open early morning and grab the cool ocean breeze air, then close about 10am and stay closed to keep it. The AC will help best 3-6 and it is cooler outside than inside from 7-8pm on.
You are 4.5 blocks off State Street and you are at block 700 of State at the intersection of Paseo Nuevo Mall and State. This means you are 9.5 blocks from Sterns Wharf, at the Ocean and State. Nightlife is in the 500-800 blocks of State. Santa Barbara is 10 blocks to the mile.
There is a host of restaurants, clubs and shopping as you turn left on State. If you go up State to the 1300 block the interesting areas of State culminate at the Arlington Theater. A rich and historic theater which premiered many a movie in the 30’s and 40’s, and now also hosts the SB International Movie Festival each year. Around the Arlington are several classy restaurants, Bouchon’s, etc. across the street is Carlito’s, a good Mexican place as well. Back down State a block or so to Figueroa, hang a left. You are at the Museum of Art at State and Figueroa, but walk a block east on Figueroa and you will be at the upper corner of the SB Courthouse, considered the most beautiful public building in America. Gorgeous architecture and there are tours as well as perfect views of the city from the Tower. Further down State you begin to enter the club and activity zone again. There are many movie screens on State street and this main City street, now a walking street from the 500 to the 1500 blocks, ends at Sterns Wharf on the Pacific Ocean. Cancellations that have been charged to credit cards will have the card fee's and other out of pockets costs deducted from the refund.