The Little Stone Cottage is a lovely place to stay. Communication with Janet was great. She always got back to me very quickly. The cottage is lovely. Very tastefully decorated with beautiful soft towels and quality bed linens. The downstairs lounge area is very comfortable and the kitchen bench space was big enough to prepare a simple meal. The hotplate worked well and there were plenty of pots and a frypan supplied. The included breakfast was plentiful and lasted our entire three day stay. It's great having Netflix to watch in the evening. The outdoor area is very comfortable and gets sun from late morning to late afternoon, so great for relaxing with a glass of wine.
The upstairs bedroom as Janet states does not have an internal staircase. You need to walk around the cottage to access the lounge downstairs but we did not find this a problem even at night in the dark.
Just a thing to note. The pond and waterfall on the website is actually in the neighbors property. There is a fence dividing the properties.
The location is close to town by car. However it is a long walk town if you plan to do this. It took us about one hour to walk to town on the lake front the entire way which is a lovely walk. We walked on the road on the way back and it took the same time. We just drove into town and parked the car opposite the lake and walked everywhere from there. It's great the parking is free in Wanaka and plentiful.
We had a lovely relaxing stay in the Little Stone Cottage and would recommend staying here.