Location, location, location. Wow!!! What a perfect location for access to the beach and the town center. This is a very roomy house but it is old and has been around a while. The weather turned quite cool on us so we had to make use of the wood burner and electric blankets which were much appreciated. The bathroom has quite obviously been recently updated which was nice although the shower took some getting used to with a much lower water pressure than what we have experienced in other places. The house had some odors and an automatic air freshener to try to cover them. We appreciate that the house was advertised as an old house and that we did not experience anything that we had not previously read about in the listing. Michelle was always readily available if we found ourselves with a need or a question. All in all it suited our needs and allowed us to have an enjoyable stay in Hokitika. We truly loved being able to hear the ocean from inside the house and while laying in bed at night.