As a host, Julie is fantastic. She received us very kindly and with great advice. The house was nice and clean.
I think it's important to say that the room's door goes right into the kitchen and living room, so although the neighborhood is quiet, the room is actually really noisy from what happens inside the house. We also found the mattress to be too soft and both of us just weight around 60kg.
Also the location is great if you have a car because most things are just a short drive away. If you don't have a car, although it's not that far , I wouldn't recommend the area because Taupo's bus system is quite bad and the walk from city center is like 50 min and uphill. You can use one of her bikes which actually were really useful.