..and I give that compliment having just completed 6 mos of back-to-back quality vacation rentals waiting for a California home renovation to finish. This property is exceptional but beyond what the photos illustrate, the refreshing thing is that the owner has terrific taste (the cottage/property are elegantly casual and clean!), the quality of everything in the house is superior (including bed linens and cookware) and the owner/host was available if needed and graciously accommodating (truly empathic to make sure we had a great stay: providing her personal mobile phone number, checking in with us to see if we need anything remotely from her permanent home also in the community yet respecting our privacy while we were staying there). Our stay was over Christmas and without asking, Hillary had the home and property elegantly decorated including having a Christmas tree. The entire experience there was so good that our family did not miss having the holiday at our own home- and the specialness of this Carmel place made it fun, highly recommend,