We booked this Airbnb just after Easter but during the school holidays. At the time of booking, there wasn’t much available and we went with this as it seemed to tick some of the boxes such as location, kitchen, washer and separate rooms for the kids.
Things we liked about the house was books and games for the kids, towels for the hot pools and a well equipped functioning kitchen.
However there are definitely issues with this air bnb…
Upon arrival, we noticed a terrible smell in the house, similar to cat pee? And clusters of dead flies everywhere particularly around the beds upstairs next to the windows. I think the smell must be an ongoing problem as there were perfume sprays, scented oil plugs and incense dotted around the house. Airing out the house and burning incense seemed to do very little. We let it go for our first night and decided not to make a fuss. However when we came home after a day at the pools on the second day, there were even more dead flies, I mean LOADS! It was disgusting. Some had landed and crusted in our pillows. By this point I was feeling pretty uncomfortable staying there. Fortunately for the hosts, Hanmer had no vacancy so we were unable to move somewhere else, I tried so hard to move. I decided to tell sandi about the issue and she explained this was mothenature and they had dealt with the issue by having the house sprayed. Apparently it’s been an ongoing issue in Canterbury due to the unusual warmer weather.
My suggestion is don’t stay here unless you absolutely have to. Oh and it doesn’t include the cleaning fee if $50 🤪.