Staying at Bessie's was an absolute delight. The location is perfect, right on the waterfront in the heart of Wellington. We had a fifth floor view of a park from our bedroom and of the waterfront from the living room.
Bessie's apartment is sparkling clean, well appointed, and the bed is quite comfortable. It was a great place to stay while we explored Wellington.
The only minor complication was her 5pm check-in time, as we planned to arrive in Wellington at noon and needed a place to store our luggage. Fortunately Wellington's wonderful Te Papa museum is a couple blocks from Bessie's, and it has large, inexpensive storage lockers in the lobby next to the bathroom.
We stashed our stuff in Te Papa's lockers and happily wandered the museum until closing time at 6. We enjoyed Te Papa so much we came back the next day.