I want to preface this and say that perhaps after the recent rain Auckland has received, it made the issue worse but when we arrived, we could not stay in the space. There was an overwhelming smell of mold and you could taste it in the air. The upstairs windows had been left open to try to ventilate the space but that let in flies and other things and the downstairs, the smell was overwhelming. It was clearly unhealthy to stay. We left and let them know and they recommended we purchase some air fresheners but as we all know, that only masks the smell and does nothing to address the root cause of the mold. We were able to find a different place to stay and airbnb was able to help us receive a full refund. Again, hopefully this is a new problem but it was very noticeable and at unhealthy levels. I genuinely hope they are able to find the cause of the mold smell and properly deal with it because this is a great location and has lots of potential!