The space itself was nice. Good water pressure in the shower, comfortable bed, well appointed kitchen. However, I would not consider it an independent unit. You actually enter the main home where the hosts live and then have a door to the space. Also, note the description closely. There is NO air conditioning. I had overlooked this fact. I feel bad since Graeme and Colleen seemed like very nice people but they were terrible hosts. I arrived to check in promptly at the time indicated and was unable to get into the property. No answer. For 5 minute I tried the door. I was exhausted from hiking much of the day and 6 hours worth of driving. It was evening, about 6:45pm, and I was unable to get into the home. Cell service was bad so I was unable to even get a message through to them, I had to head into Auckland before I had enough service to send through a message. It was very disheartening to not be able to check in at the indicated time and ruined my plans for that evening as I was on a tight schedule whereby I would need to shower and change right away and then head to an event. Without being able to get checked in on time and clean myself up, I was not able to make it to the event. I finally got into the home later that evening. I didn’t mind the sounds but do note since you are in a part of the home and not actually an independent unit there is noise through the shared walls. It was a lovey noise but both that evening and the next morning I could hear Graeme playing the piano, quite loudly. Even worse, as I awoke the next morning I had a message from Graeme asking me to please leave early; before the check out time! They had people checking in that day and wanted to let them check in early. I was furious. This is NOT acceptable. Sure, I myself have asked hosts before about the possibility of an early check in and have always been given the response that they had guests there currently and would let me know if it was possible. That is an acceptable response. Kicking out the current guest is not. I hid my anger and left as quickly as possible. If I was not welcome there, I did not want to be there. I would also clarify that its not like I am a bad guest by any means. I am a professional woman traveling alone. Once I finally got checked in the night before I simply took a shower and got in bed so it’s not like I had made noise or was a bad guest. Again, I feel bad as they seemed like nice human beings but I would not stay there again.