Lindsay was a really great host. She was there when we arrived and she helped us with our bags and showed us around. Her house is really clean and the room itself is lovely and cosy and quickly heated with a modern panel heater. Her kitchen and lounge have all the mod cons (including the best toaster ever and Netflix on the TV) and we had a great time lounging about watching DVDs when we weren't out and about.
There is a bus stop right by her house and it is easy to catch buses into town - they usually run every half hour. Then from the centre city you can catch a bus to any other suburb. It's a beautiful leisurely 45-minute walk downhill into town via the botanic gardens as well.
The neighbourhood is quiet and peaceful. We slept well.
I would recommend Lindsay's place as a nice quiet base to explore Wellington from. The only people I wouldn't recommend it for would be people who have trouble with hills or steps (i.e. people with dodgy knees) because it is in a hill suburb (see the picture of the fabulous hill view) and there are steps up from the road to the house and then there up steps up to the room as well, a few dozen steps in total.