Briyaya's place was ideal for our conference stay. It is about 3-4 block walk to the conference centre and takes about 7-10 minutes depending on how fast your legs go!
The apartment itself was spotlesslessly clean and well presented. Looked just like the photos. The bed was comfortable and the whole apartment is light filled, except for when you pull the curtains at night.
Being on the 2nd floor, there is a bit of a view but at the moment, like much of Christchurch there are vacant blocks and building going on. The double glazed windows keep out pretty much all street noise which was only a bit noisy on Saturday night with youngsters being youngsters, but settled down by midnight.
The only drawback, and it isn't a big one if you can climb stairs, is that there are 2 flights of stairs to climb to access the apartment... no lift! It nearly killed us as we had heavy bags, but after that it was fine.