This house is simply wonderful! It really surpassed our expectations in most ways. We travel to this area of Auckland every year or two and have booked other VRBO/AirBNBs before but this was by far the best we have ever stayed in for a family. I would highly recommend this place and I hope we might even be able to return some day! It has so many things that are great for kids, we loved the pool, the trampoline, the play house, the sand pit, toys, drawers and drawers of games and shelves of children's books. my children were entertained for hours and didn't want to leave the house! If you have concerns about pool safety like I do, never fear, there is no way a small child could get in from the house or the back yard, because of a tall gate. The kitchen is well appointed and there is a washer and dryer which were clutch (also area to hang clothes outside)! Also the hosting service used is super communicative, they responded to my concerns right away. So the only reason this review isn't 5 stars is because of the neighborhood noise level. It was not the hosts fault at all, it was nothing under their control, there were just some dogs next door who were barking quite a bit, apparently most of this was due to one of the owners being away and it is unusual per the hosts, other noise came from neighbors renovating and power-washing and such. Anyway I think we just had bad timing for our stay but this place is super convenient to places we love to visit in Remuera, Mission Bay, and Saint Heliers. We enjoyed our stay a lot. Many thanks to the hosts.