Almost worth it for the picture window looking out over the bay alone! It made looking at the wild wet Wellington weather that greeted us initially quite a pleasure.
The House is very comfortable, everything works, and when we had a problem with some light bulbs. Penny came over to fix them the next morning. For two people, there's plenty of space to spread yourself, and when we had our two grandchildren over, it absorbed them without difficulty. The kitchen is unusually well-equipped, in our experience, though it sometimes takes a bit of searching to find things.
The garden is small, and dominated by a large table and a barbecue, but who needs a garden when there's a park and playground next door, and the beach opposite? Island Bay is very pretty, and presents a view worth watching at almost any time of the day and night.
Altogether an exceptional summer retreat.