I had the honour to be Mary's first guest and stayed at her beautiful place for nearly 2 weeks. After staying at so many air bnb place I can truly say it was my best experience so far. Mary made my stay just perfect and is her self very well travelled and full of interesting stories, life experiences and always ready for travel suggestions and local maps. So she knows exactly what a solo independent traveler needs and offers enough privacy and her cute studio provides all the comfort one can imagine including great coffee, a bowl of fruit, many soft towels, shampoo, lotion etc. Everything was impeccable clean and I could even use the laundry as I needed. The location on Bluff Hill couldn't be better: a short stroll down to the beach and the hip place Ahuriri and a short walk to the other direction to town. I also enjoyed the beautiful walks and runnings to the lookout or to the botanical garden. The communication with Mary was excellent right from the beginning and even managed my late arrival pretty cool despite her work and offered me a ride the airport when I left. Mary is the best host I met, very welcoming, thoughtful, helpful, kind, generous, warm hearted and truly a gem! Her gorgeous dog Grace was another high light. I highly recommend Mary's cosy place and hope to return there soon!