We were pleased to be leaving. The place was clean and it was in a great location up a hill with a commanding view of Dunedin.
But overall it was a disappointing experience. Firstly it's up a wickedly steep driveway and the instructions told us to park on the road and walk up. In the rain. With all our bags. We drove up anyway and then parked on the road later but it wasnt a good start. Especially as there are parking spaces available - just not for us.
The unit is a self contained part of the ground floor of the house where the owners live. Sadly there is a smoker in the house and at nights the smoke poured into the unit so we had to barricade ourselves into the main living room. As non-smokers it's pretty unpleasant.
Everything appeared to be done to cut costs to an absolute minimum. The couch is tiny and extremely uncomfortable - even for one. There is a bean bag but when we wanted to relax we used the bed (which was comfortable). The shower door is broken. The bathroom soap dispenser was empty. Washing up liquid was mostly empty - it looked like it had been left with just enough to do the dishes without someone stealing it.
There was also a bit of a lack of privacy; it's a shared lawn and the owners and their guests can and do walk right past the windows to the bedrooms and lounge so you need to keep the curtains pulled if you don't want anyone to see you.
The people are really friendly and welcomed us. But all in all it was a bit disappointing and, as we mentioned, we were pleased to be moving on.