What a lovely week spent here over Christmas! All in all a fantastic place to stay, and so close to the shops! However there are a few areas that could be improved on for the next guests:
-The bedroom with the 2 single purple beds was difficult to sleep in due to the curtains being broken and not blackout lined. Lights from the road would come through the curtains making it seem like daytime when trying to go to sleep. We had to peg up a blanket over the curtains to block out the light. If this is improved it would be a lovely room to sleep in.
-The house lacks a clothes dryer (unusual for a Wellington dwelling!), and the clothing rack provided is quite small and broken. The washing machine was great though, a normal cycle takes 60 mins or so.
-Foods and other items left behind from previous guests were an unwanted surprise- we had to throw away items such as half cut onions in the fridge, open butter in a bowl and an unwanted McDonalds ice cream sundae in the freezer. Not very nice to find.
-The vacuum cleaner provided doesn’t work very well, hardly any suction making it difficult to clean up any crumbs. Also a lack of dish scrubber for washing any dishes or pots and pans by hand.
-The listing says you get to have the whole house to yourselves, but fails to mention that there is an adjoining dwelling (not actually accessible by guests staying) we think with permanent residents. This meant we had to be mindful of our noise levels and we felt uneasy about the potential for the neighbour to be able to access our part of the house through the door in the kitchen. We could also hear the neighbours tv noise through the mentioned kitchen door. An update to the listing information could be good.
On the flip side, we enjoyed the use of a chrome cast and lovely gas heaters for the unusually cold weather! Shower pressure is amazing, if maybe a little too strong but thats’ easily dealt with! Beds were very comfortable too if you like a slightly softer mattress. Sheets were great, crisp and clean. The house was super clean and tidy, great lounge space with comfortable armchairs and large dining space was great for our big family. Lisa was very quick with responses to questions I had about rubbish and recycling too.
Looking forward to staying again in the future! :)