This place is in a great location, just a few minutes walk to Britomart shops, (World, Made, etc) Countdown supermarket, great restaurants including our favourite eaterie Ebisu (Japanese) and Amano (best breakfast and brunches, takeaway pastries) and it has views out to the harbour.
The room is a good size with a wardrobe (plenty of coat hangers) and one side table and good bedroom linen. The bedroom is private as the host's room is on the other side of the apartment with the living/dining/kitchen in between both bedrooms. There are sliding doors from the bedroom and living room to the balcony which gets all the morning sun and guests have their own table and chairs on the balcony. The private bathroom is lovely and clean and has laundry facilities. The pool is lovely too. On weekend nights there's quite a bit of noise from the nearby bars but this genuinely doesn't bother us, it's all part and parcel of urban living and totally worth it for the location.
This place is great if you want to do your own thing, popping in and out; and it's great if you want to sit down and enjoy the comfortable living area and learn more about the area from the host Diana.
Diana was a warm and generous host. We arrived earlier than usual check in which was no problem for her even though she was at work. We had a warm welcome by her friend Ivan who gave us a great intro to the area. Both Ivan and Diana made time for us during our stay and we all enjoyed pre-dinner drinks together on the balcony with Diana providing a lovely cheese and fruit platter and wine. She did lots of thoughtful things as our host, such as leaving out a great selection of breakfast cereals, and she even provided bath salts so we could have a relaxing soak in the tub.
We were visiting Auckland from Christchurch for the Seinfeld event. Diana's place was an easy 10 minute walk to Spark Arena.