We had a good stay here in Queenstown busy with a lot of things to do, finding affordable accommodation is hard but we felt like we found it with Teresa at this place.
When we arrived we found many dead wasps around the place and 4 live ones with one on the pillow i was about to lay on top of, while searching where they might’ve come from we found that the flood underneath the bed and furnishings had not been vacuumed/cleaned and there was a lot of crumbs, dead insects and tissues. We went on to message Teresa and she was lovely to deal with, she explained that there had been a wasps nest recently which we noticed might be a common problem in queenstown, she offered us the option to refund the remaining nights or send in someone to take a look (insect exterminator), we debated what would be best, soon after we came across 5 more wasps alive and roaming the room, we looked and finding alternate accomodation in short notice would turn to be more pricey so we opted for an exterminator to take a look. When he came in he just said he couldn’t determine where they came from so nothing else could be done until we left. So no solution in the end, nothing asides from bombing with pesticide was the option and that can’t be done until we leave so we message again, we’re already on our last day and Teresa offers for us to get repellent which she would reimburse. This was great but not worth it for the last day since we had other stuffed planned to do (lovely milford sound cruise which is a whole day ordeal) So we could not go to the shops to take a look.
I also would warn that if someone is staying in the unit next door you can hear everything that is happening next door haha, now if you’re a heavy sleeper it doesn’t matter but if you’re a light sleeper maybe some ear plugs would be good.
Now this was a big thing to us with the wasps, I do not see it being a problem in the future if it is properly taken care of, and the cleaning is as simple as a vacuum. Asides from all of that this place has a lovely view, definitely a good location in regards of driving distances and a fridge is definitely handy.
Overall I think that if you don’t like the possibility of critters roaming about then this is not the place for you, and that if you do stay you’ll have options if things go wrong. Teresa is lovely to deal with.