We stayed at Stefan's apartment for a month and it worked well for us.
It makes a very homely alternative to hotel type accommodation in such a central location.
The one-bed apartment is much more spacious than any I have ever been in and the timber decking overlooking the water is a delight.
Location is great.
Views are awesome; was great watching the regular boating action of the Viaduct Harbour over a sunny morning coffee or evening glass of wine.
Presence of house plants and other kitchen items you don't usually get in this type of accommodation was a bonus e.g. cocktail shaker and martini glasses, flower vases, blender.
The building complex is kept very clean and other neighbours are very quiet and respectful.
Complimentary, handy and secure car parking conveniently below the apartment is a fantastic inclusion!
We did experience disturbed sleep on some weekend nights due to the yahooing of drunken bar hoppers and cars and scooters doing laps of the Wynyard Quarter with stereos on full, but mostly it was quiet enough for decent sleep and I am a light sleeper.
Some notes about the bedroom...
The bedroom is internal and the only window faces the building corridor outside. The building corridor is mostly glass, with sunlight and views to a green courtyard and another apartment block beyond.
BUT the window does not open at all.
Despite having the ensuite exhaust and ceiling fan on constantly and the balcony doors wide open, we found the air was quite stale.
We are fans of fresh air and this room was borderline for us.
Ironically though, at times on the rowdy weekend nights we were grateful to be able to retreat to the 'cave', preferring it to bedrooms opening directly onto the noisy Viaduct.
There is also a VERY bright security light in the courtyard beyond the bedroom window that shines directly into bedroom and negates any effectiveness of the venetian blinds in situ. Also, the lighting in the corridor, directly outside the bedroom, turns on with any movement in the corridor and we found this on-off nature of bright light coming through the blinds disturbed our sleep.
We asked for help with this from the reservations team on numerous occasions and eventually gave up and worked out a solution ourselves.
And yes - this apartment is managed on a daily basis by a reservations team who were mostly friendly and prompt in replying to our communications but were rarely actually helpful in actioning solutions. We eventually gave up and worked out solutions for ourselves, even with issues that were not standard guests' responsibility.
The bathroom is very small and an average person cannot stand flat footed in the shower over the bath as the bath isn't wide enough. There is plenty of hot water and heated towel racks.
All in all this is a good place and the enjoyment of sunny morning coffees on the deck and the soothing nature of the water in such close proximity more than make up for anything else. I would highly recommend it for longer stays where you want to feel at home, instead of living that 'hotel' vibe.