I stayed 1 night over the weekend. As per others' comments, the bathroom is more of a powder room and it can get loud upstairs as the hosts have small kids and the walls/ ceiling insulation are thin. They apologised for the noise and I appreciate that. As with many Welly city places, there isn't a great view out of the window (but you should be out and about anyway). Better than an expensive Novotel room are: 1) the bed: the mattress had the right firmness for me and the linen is crispy fresh, 2) SkyTV incl movies. Both features a nice little surprise.