As a holiday house the property itself was reasonable, in good condition, well equipped, clean and tidy, though the furnishings and bedding somewhat dated. Our big disappoint was the location.
This property is an infill, built inside the garden of adjoining properties, so has fence one metre from the windows on three sides, and definitely no views. On warm nights this meant noise from surrounding houses and on one neighbour workmen starting up before 8am each day. We did try sitting out on the small patio but the lack of view except for Kennard's Self Storage was off-putting - we did wonder quite how the photo of the front of the house was taken. And the huge passing freight trains caused the whole house to vibrate.
Yes the property is only five minutes behind the Marine Parade, but in a somewhat seedy area, and not the Napier of Art Deco, Bluff Hill or West Quay. Disappointing.