John's place is great, exactly what he says, quiet and private and tucked away but still within a few minutes walk to beach and shops. John also goes the extra mile, large bottle of fresh juice in fridge among other things of course . . . but above all he allowed us to come back to the apartment after the gruelling early morning King of the Bays swim race from Milford to Takapuna to recover and relax - we REALLY appreciated this and because he didn't have new people coming in that night, we stayed until about 3pm. We highly recommend this space and this host!