If you are looking for an accomodation in this area and this cottage is available, book it immediately! No need to hesitate, you will not be disappointed, it belongs to the creme de la creme of Airbnb accomodations.
The cottage is simply wonderful and offers a lot of luxury: it's spacious, very private, tastefully furnished and has a lot of little, thoughtful extras making your stay as comfortable as possible (e.g. a well equipped kitchen, a wood stove, a DVD player and a choice of DVDs, magazines, electric blanket, a washing machine plus dryer, a deck where you can sit outside, a carport right in front of the entry and and and...) .
The cherry on the top: it's clean, smells so good and has the most wonderful hosts! It felt actually like a 5 star hotel, being spoilt by Debbie, who brought along fresh towels or filled up our coffee supply.
Directions: the cottage is in the middle of nature (watch out the stars at night and listen to the birds), to Hokitika town it's a 10 minutes' ride by car. Besides this, we found it well positioned to visit the Hokitika Gorge, the Pancake Rocks in Punakaiki, Cape Foulwind and even for a day trip to Franz Josef and Fox Glacier plus Lake Matheson. Driving up and down the West Coast is just amazing!
@ Debbie and Rob: thanks so much for having us, we had an unforgetable stay at your little hideaway!