First, the positive: it’s beautiful, extremely clean and tidy, and I slept very soundly in the extremely comfortable bed. I feel like the pictures don’t quite do it justice— it really is super cute.
But… I noticed when I came in that there was a smell as though someone had recently been smoking just outside the front door.
Now, to be fair, the inside didn’t smell of smoke at all— it smelled of the scent from the oil diffuser, which is the norm around NZ Airbnbs, no matter what their smoking policy.
I should have noticed that they allow smoking outside. My bad, in a sense.
I did talk to Annette about this. She said that it had been some time since they had had smokers on the property, and she wasn’t sure where the smell had come from.
She did not explain why they keep an ashtray on the table beside the front door, which in my view turns it from “allow” to “encourage.”
If you are sensitive to smoke, which I am, this may not be the place for you. I will not be coming again.