This property is described as old and quirky. I agree with the old part, but quirky has a positive connotation that we did not experience. A better description is bizarre! When we arrived after 3pm the house hadn't been cleaned - dirty sheets on the bed, dirty towels on the washing machine, rubbish left, dirty carpets and toilet! We were not impressed. I contacted the owner. First she blamed the cleaners, then she said someone must have broken in and left the mess. I told her I would take phots to show her, which I did. Then she forgot people were there before us and her sister would have to come to clean. We had to go into town for 1 hour and 30 minutes. When we returned almost 2 hours later, the sister was still cleaning. We finally settled in and then had a problem with the upstairs tenant. We were relaxing in the backyard when she came and tried to put our chairs away. We said we weren't done with them yet. She was very rude to us! You won't need an alarm clock either because these tenants wake up at 6:15am every morning and are very loud. The property is not like its description. It is not absolute lakefront but across the road and down a hill from the lake with cars parked along the road obstructing the view. The bedrooms are small. If you are too big you won't fit in the toilet or the shower. But if you are too small you can't reach the microwave perched on top of the fridge. Furniture is old and dishes are mis-matched. No hair dryer. A bad experience for us in Wanaka!