We all had a marvelous time staying at Ben's apartment. Over for the World Masters games Ben was most accommodating managing to squeeze all 7 of us in. We all had a huge time with the location of the apartment relative to beach and indoor volleyball competitions, entertainment hubs, freeway on ramps / off ramps and city proving to be perfect. New Countdown ( grocery store)is just down the road, as is bottle shops and Ponsonby Road food and entertainment hubs - perfect and all withing easy walking distances. The accommodation itself was clean and per the picture presented, the outside presentation of the building and internal stair wells do not do justice to the apartment within . Bit of noise from construction activity in the area but that's common anywhere these days. Stairs can be a challenge especially when so sore form sport and car park space requires some deft work especially if you have a big car, but these are very minor considerations. Would stay again in a heart beat.