Brian was friendly and a likeable man. He is a bit of an eccentric. His back yard is an overgrown vegetable garden and he has chickens that lay daily eggs. He is into ecology, recycles everything and turns the lights out ASAP. He makes his own red wine and kindly shared a sample plus a few Walnuts and fruit from his garden. The bed is comfortable and the room quiet. He had a young French man boarding with him but the house was mainly quiet. His family/Grandchildren visit on Sundays and it is lovely to see the great family love. However, if you expect clean then this is not the place for you as his place is "grubby". The kitchen benches were cluttered and needed scrubbing as did most things in the kitchen. The bathroom is badly in need of decorating and most areas were dusty. I feel if he wants to be a host he needs to improve in these areas. Sorry Brian but as a host representing NZ air B&B I feel you need to be aware that there are certain basic hygiene standards that you have not met. We were down there for a weeks work so out all day and just back to sleep so tolerated it as no time to sort alternative arrangements. To be honest was shocked when we first arrived. Would come back if above is sorted. The fact that there are no photos of the rest of the house tends to make me suspect that Brian felt they were not condusive to people wanting to book.