My only advice to the owner is to burn this place to the ground. It is unsanitary and they know that....
Siân is too polite to leave a comment on this property so I, her husband Mike, am leaving this instead. I wouldn't normally bother, but the property was so disappointingly poor that my wife was brought to tears by it, and I feel it necessary to let people know what they are getting themselves in to.
Firstly, the location is fantastic for the views and its location to the town - only a short drive, or pleasant 40min walk along the beach, which is great. However, I would have to recommend staying in any of the nearby motels, a tent, bush, or your vehicle rather than this building.
You could forgive the fact that it hasn't been decorated since 1972 if it wasn't for the fact that it seems that was also the last time the place was cleaned. It is currently mice infested. They could be heard scurrying through the walls and ceilings all night, and ate some chocolate bought as a gift from my backpack as well as some cereal bars from my wife's bag. I also found droppings in the bedrooms, kitchen and lounge, so they're well travelled (on our last day I discovered their favourite hangout was the hoover...). Dead bugs are stuck to walls, ceilings, curtains, doors, other dead bugs, and furniture throughout. Spiders (both dead and alive) and cobwebs are everywhere you look, including the cupboards where spare towels and linen are kept, plus ON the towels and linen. The furniture in the "courtyard" is discoloured from a tasteful layering of dust, and most of the door handles, blind handles and window cills are covered with a sticky layer of what feels to be 40 years of grease and nicotine.
The house is filled with an array of aromas, starting with the kitchen which smelled of old smoked fish on arrival. The dining room smelled of rotting rope and wood, and the rest of the property has a scent somewhere between damp, grease and death.
I am far from being a clean-freak but I personally had to clean the bedroom we were sleeping in, largely due to a miscellaneous sticky substance on the bed side table on my side of the bed.
There were some complete failings on what you would reasonably expect from an Air BnB, such as hand soap in one of the bathrooms, or (and this is more of a personal niggle, but given the cost and absolute poor state of the rest of the property, I feel justified in bringing it up) any form of Breakfast (aka the second B in BnB - Bed and Breakfast). I mean just some milk would have been polite. There were some scraps of bits and pieces in the kitchen cupboard, apparently left by previous guests - although at this point the rodent room-mates have probably tasted everything on offer in there.
All of the above was relayed to the "managers" of the property after our first night. As yet, they have not bothered to respond.
Seeing as we paid around £126 (~250NZD) per night (which - hillariously - includes a £50 cleaning fee) this place was an absolute mockery and I would recommend people look elsewhere - literally anywhere. I'm not sure I would stay here again if THEY paid ME £126/night!
To the owners: do not for a second pretend like this is a surprise - you know this place is terrible and you could not care less as long as people are paying for it. I dont expect anything to come from this - just know that someone out there knows what an explotative waste of oxygen you are.