Katrinas place was a great little basement suite in Auckland (Birkenhead) but still close to Ponsonby or downtown area. Great, fast communication. Had AC unit even though we didn’t need it for our stay. There was only one frying pan, would have been nice to have another one, but we made do with pots.. We used the oven but it got really warm inside as the door didn’t close all the way, but still worked fine. We really appreciated Eva, the cleaning lady, doing our laundry because Katrina was out of town and laundry was in their living space. Overall, great place. You can hear creaking on the upper floor boards, but we wore ear plugs at night with no problems.