It was a great place to stay.
After a bad start by arriving to find that the unit hadn’t been serviced and then later going to use the barbeque and finding it in a worse than disgusting state of cleanliness, and not being able to get the heat pump to provide heat (although there were plenty of ordinary heaters to keep us warm).
There were piles of junk and dust on many of the shelves in the cupboards and spider webs and areas of mould on the bedroom and bathroom ceilings. None of this was anything that a “deep clean” wouldn’t quickly sort out.
Overall, we very much enjoyed our stay in this lovely house, with its charming outdoor space which even included a herb garden. The driveway is a very interesting quirk due to the steepness and the slippery surface, but once we had plucking up the courage to attempt to take our front wheel drive car up, we had no issues negotiating it.
We would definitely consider using this charming two bedroom home again and would recommend it to friends and family because of its fantastic location so near to the heart of Auckland.