We stayed six nights in Philippa’s apartment above the garage of her beautifully renovated villa. The apartment was stylish and homey, lots of storage for luggage and clothes, well appointed modern kitchen, very comfortable bed, washer/dryer, lovely little terrace in the front and a view out the bedroom window of the gorgeous lap pool and a backyard cottage. We swam every morning and couldn’t have had a nicer place to come home to every night. And we loved the extra bonus of being greeted in the driveway by Barry the cutest kitty you’ll ever meet. Unfortunately for us, Philippa was away for a wedding in Australia during our stay but she was very easy to communicate with when needed and her friend Kath was a wonderful stand-in host. I would recommend this gem to anyone and hope it will be available for our next trip to Auckland.