Sandra's house has a great view and is in a great location. Access to the beach is really close but you do have to cross the main road (I wasn't keen to let the kids do it on their own). The beach has all sorts of things for hours of amusement... Driftwood, shells, clams, mussels, crabs, squelchy sand that steals your shoes etc etc! There are some good walks around the Link Walkway and at various points all along Queen Charlotte Drive. If we hadn't had the children with us we would have been able to do a lot more and would have loved the green-lipped mussel tour and the mail boat delivery tour. We'll save that for another time!
The house itself is lovely. Built on stilts because of the steep section and to maximise the view. The driveway is very steep so we had to do a bit of lugging stuff up and down from the car but it is due to be sealed so soon it won't be an issue. We had also been warned so it wasn't a surprise. The house is very easy to live in. Sky TV and Wifi and an easy kitchen. Comfortable beds, good water pressure in the shower etc.
Sandra was extremely quick to respond to any queries and was very helpful.
I would recommend both the host and location! Thank you!