Our family of 7 stayed for Xmas 2018 - nice location and nice house for a family. If you expect hotel experience or anything posh, this is not for you but the cottage is very homely, location is absolutely superb and it's very handy for the beaches, shops and restaurants & cafes!! Upstairs have a great view across the bay towards Paihia. Loved the outside BBQ, table and watching the cheeky native flightless weka poking around the deck... The owner David had been very good in communication,he told us everything we needed to know leading up to our arrival, including getting the lovely neighbour lady to get the door open for us when the key was not working in the pouring rain on Xmas eve - priceless!!!

Stayed here with another family so 9 of us in total. There was definitely plenty of space for us all. As said in previous comment the house did have that “shut up” damp smell when I first arrived. Once I had opened everything up and aired the place out for a bit it was fine though. I did an initial quick clean through and everything was good to go. I was totally happy with that as the price is pretty reasonable especially for somewhere which is a 5 minute leisurely walk to the Centre of Russell. Would definitely stay again.

We were here as a family of 4 adults and 2 young children over this summers holidays. Because of itsfFantastic location I give it a 3. However the house is in sad lack of a good scrub inside and out , and had lacked general maintenance and a good clean for a long time. This included lncluding musty blankets, lack of pillows, poor functioning refridgerator, mould and leaks in downstairs double room and dog hair piled up under downstairs bed just to name of few of the problems. The owner was sent an email out of courtesy before this review was written. Would I go again, probably not.