Great host, clean room, good location and superb value.
The host Ian is a very friendly person that will gladly show his house and everything he grows in his garden. You immediately feel at home at a friend's place.
From the garden you can look out over the river and see birds sitting on the sandbank. Very photogenic sunsets with the mountains in the background.
Ian tries to live as much self sustained as possible and will gladly show you how he does it if you are interested.
We had a very tasty meal that had a fresh salad from the garden and homebrew beer (we even tried some homemade champagne!).
If you want info about the area just ask Ian and he will give you good tips.
Tuatapere has a good location for different things, we were standing in Milford Sound after a 3 hour drive (hour faster than from Queenstown) and the Hump ridge track is in Tuatapere. We didn't have enough time to do the track but it is supposed to be an amazing off the beaten track multi-day hike.