I booked this place for a group of four who were arriving from the US for a writing retreat and we needed two days to get through jet lag prior to the retreat start.
The house is beautiful, and the yard goes down to the lake. It’s an easy five minute walk to a water taxi that takes you into Oueenstown in a very short time, if you are lucky enough to get on. And then lucky enough to get back on said water taxi. Twice our group got on, and twice ( once in Queenstown and once trying to leave from Bayview, the stop closest to the house.)
If the taxi can’t take you it’s about $75 from the house to Queenstown by taxi, Uber is a bit less, but in high season we weren’t able to always get an Uber.
For many vationers who arrive with a car this will not be an issue. This was my fist time in Queenstown, and I had no idea the distance nor cost of getting back and forth.
As for the house itself, it is beautiful, clean, spacious and a comfortable. We weren’t able to get the dishwasher turned on, and called the host to let her know, as there is a request to wash the dishes in the dishwasher.
Deb was very quick to give us permission for an early arrival, though in the end we didn’t need it.
Would recommend this place to anyone with a car, if they were interested in going into Queenstown.if Queenstown isn’t of interest this would be a great house to just relax in, though brings food and the ingredients you would need to cook, there is coffee, sugar, and tea provided.