I and my wife stayed at Colin's place for 5 days and it was a perfect base for our trip to Mount Maunganui, Papamoa, and Tauranga. Fantastic location to the Bayfair shopping mall with all the modern shops we know and love as Kiwi's. 5 Minute walk to the beach or a 5-minute walk to the main stretch of beach and a 10-minute drive to Mount Maunganui town center. Had everything we needed for a 5-day trip. Full kitchen with oven and stovetop and microwave and a very big fridge and freezer. We loved having the BBQ as an option to cook on as well in the beautiful sun-filled front garden. Lovely comfortable sofa and spacious lounge and comfortable beds.
The house is the first of 3 houses which are all very close together. So you have neighbors/friends and family all walking past your place. It has a shared communal driveway so lots of noise throughout the day and night of cars pulling up outside, doors closing and people talking. On our first night, the house next door was having a hens party, which sounded like heaps of fun but was very loud and rowdy, luckily for us they hit the town at 10:30 pm so didn't disturb us past that point, Just something to be mindful of I guess when booking a place that close to others in a small suburb.
Thank you, Colin.