Heather’s place is close to the airport and a short drive into the city centre. Heather is very lovely, and came out to greet us when we arrived. She also showed us her music studio, which is a private room that opens up onto this place through a large private door. The place is clean, has air conditioning (which is used as a heat pump in cold weather), a parking space, easy check-in and check-out instructions, a large kitchen to cook and a beautiful dining table (although we didn’t use either). The bathroom has a shower (no bath tub) and we found that there was no shower gel, but we brought our own. There’s a tv with Chrome cast in the bedroom and a walk-in closet space with spare pillows and towels.
My partner and I stayed here for one night and, being the Good Friday public holiday, nothing was really open (including supermarkets and shops), so we went for a stroll around the botanical gardens and city centre (which is walkable from this place, but we chose to drive due to the cold weather). There were a few places open for dinner in the area nearby (Riccarton) and there were plenty of shops here (some were closed).