If you're looking for a house from which to enjoy QT for a few days, I heartily recommend this one to you. We were there over Christmas, and the combination of convenience to town (we had a car) and distance from town to get quiet and calm was perfect. The views are, in fact, better than the photos suggest.

Janey was very responsive to our inquiries as we were planning our trip, offering helpful information about local groceries etc. The arrival and key pick up was easy (it's unit 6C, down a set of stairs), and there was ample parking. The place was clean and well appointed with linens, dishes, cooking equipment, and basics in the pantry.

My 4-person family wanted a place from which to launch day trips (Wanaka for skydiving (do it), hikes (the lake above the Remarkables ski station is worth the somewhat arduous drive up to the station), and a place to retreat to for family cooked meals and card playing after the day's trip was over. This place was perfect for that. We didn't want to be close to the hubbub of QT, but my wife found the walk down to the central city to be quite enjoyable.

There's a corner store about 3 blocks away, full grocery stores can be found down at lake level. Janey can give you suggestions on that.

We got there after doing the Milford Track and 6 days into our trip, so we needed to do laundry. That was no sweat, and our clothes dried outside on the rack provided and in no time at all on a nice summer day.

Didn't hear the neighbors much, and what we did hear was understandable celebration on Christmas eve and Christmas day night (can't fault folks for that and it didn't prevent us from sleeping). The beds/bdrs were all fine.

The place was perfect for our needs, as advertised, and the peacefulness of that huge view across the lake is not to be underestimated. Carrying heavy bags down the stairs is easier if two people do each bag, but manageable either way.