Great location, spacious house and garden and friendly host unfortunately let down by the house needing a serious deep clean (the kitchen cupboards in particular have some leftover food that looks like it's been there a long long time) and some basic maintenance on things like cupboard handles.
There's also a family of cats that, while very cute and entertaining, have gotten inside and left a pee smell that's very noticeable when the house has been closed up all day.
The location is excellent - right next door to the historic marae, less than 5 min wall to the Kuirau Thermal Park and only about 10 minutes walk to Eat Street via the lake frontage and big kids playground.