It’s not often I get effusive about Air BnB accommodation, but Villa Lane was everything I needed and more – and at such a reasonable price.
I stayed at Villa Lane as I was on business in the local area and working late into the evenings at a local supermarket – I needed somewhere quiet in the daytime so I could sleep in, and somewhere where I wouldn’t disturb others coming in very late at night.
I stay at a lot of Air BnBs and it’s the small things that show a host has actually thought of the comfort of their guests – now this sounds totally anal but it’s the small things that make such a difference when you’re staying away from home a lot:
1.	Coat hangers – plenty of them and decent wooden type – nothing worse than nowhere to hang your work clothes, (no idea why they are a priority to me!).
2.	A Corkscrew – sounds daft but I reward myself with a bottle of wine on the last night of these supermarket projects – to date every other Air BnB – no corkscrew! Villa Lane – of course there was!
3.	Sky TV – not that free-view rubbish – and a TV in the bedroom with Sky too!
4.	A Noirot electric heater – I have one at home and they don’t creak and ping like the cheapo heaters and made the place very warm and comfortable
5.	A litre of milk, loaf of bread and multitude of breakfast choices & hot drinks
..and the entire place was spotlessly clean – my (retired) Sergeant Major eye could honestly find no fault.
You sometimes find that Air BnB owners throw their unused/redundant household furniture and equipment into their Air BnB accommodation – not so for Villa Lane – brand new washer & dryer, smart TV’s, F&P drawer dishwasher and new, (and comfortable), furniture – no ‘cast-offs’ in this gaff.
Jenny, your efforts were extremely well appreciated and my stay was most definitely the best Air BnB experience I have had in the last 8 months around the South Island – I will pass this review on to the Agency who booked Villa Lane on my behalf.
Thank you for being such a great Air BnB Host.