Perfect.
Siobhan and Dave are amazing hosts. From the day we booked they were thoughtful, efficient, incredibly helpful, and couldn’t do enough to make our stay as comfortable and enjoyable as possible. You will struggle to find better hosts.
The flat is beautiful. It is like walking through a door to a secret garden. Located in a residential area up on Mount Pleasant and down a short private drive. Parking on the drive right outside the door of the flat. They have decorated and furnished the flat beautifully and lots of thoughtful touches. Extremely well equipped kitchen, bbq on the balcony, lovely shower room, and very comfortable beds.
The views - well, simply wow! Looking out over the estuary and Brighton beach, they change every day. Located up on the hills gives those views and they are worth being out of town for. Steep roads up to it but we managed to cycle up on the bikes provided after cycling around Christchurch Red Zone and city centre. The 140 bus stops right at the end of the drive, which takes you into the city or drop down the hill and catch the Purple bus to Sumner.
If you enjoy walking, not far up the hill and you are onto the crater rim that runs across the top of the Port Hills. You can do a great circuit round to Godley Head and Sumner, drop down the other side to Lyttleton, or head up to the Panaroma at the top of the gondola. For cyclists, a wealth of choice for road or MTB.
Easy access to beaches at Summer and Taylor’s Mistake. Sumner is great for swimming and surfing. TM a surfers paradise! Or it’s not far by car through the tunnel to Lyttleton and the Banks Peninsula. Lovely beaches at Cass and Corsair Bays or catch the ferry over to Diamomd Harbour. Lyttleton has an amazing Saturday Market and some of the best cafes you will find. There is plenty of choice to eat out in Sumner and Ferrymead.
Staying here certainly convinced us to rent a house for the longer term just around the corner!