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6
Max Guests
3
Bedrooms
1
Bathroom

About this Holiday House

Welcome to Birdsong Cottage, a charming 3-bedroom haven in Nelson City. Just a 5-minute stroll to the city's heartbeat - shops, cafes, and a lively market. The Maitai River is a peaceful 6-minute walk away for a swim or leisurely stroll. Step into this character-filled cottage with a private covered courtyard and sunny outdoor table. Inside, wooden floorboards and tasteful furnishings create a charming ambiance. The central location ensures convenience - everything is within a short walk, including a nearby pub/cafe! Ideal for families, couples, and anyone who loves walking everywhere. Birdsong Cottage promises comfort and convenience, offering an unforgettable Nelson experience. Important notes: >No party or venue use. No Smoking. >Pets - By special written permission only, pets may be allowed - please contact us with details of your pet so this can be discussed. Special terms and a NZD50 pet fee will apply. Birdsong Cottage is brought to you by Holiday Nelson - professional hosts dedicated to ensuring you have a fantastic stay during your time in beautiful Nelson! *Professional housekeeping & Linen Laundering >At Holiday Nelson we take a thorough, robust and uncompromised approach toward cleanliness and hygiene practices for your and our families peace of mind... because nothing less will do. >All high contact, food preparation and hard wet surfaces are hygienically cleaned and sanitised and our linens are professionally laundered at 80ºC, with bed linens further ironed at 120ºC by one of New Zealand's leading laundry experts, leaving them crisp, clean & superbly comfortable!

Details and amenities

Amenity: Child friendly
Child friendly
Amenity: Pet: please enquire
Pet: please enquire
Amenity: Linen provided
Linen provided
Amenity: No smoking
No smoking
Amenity: No disabled access
No disabled access
Heating & cooling
Amenity: Heat pump
Heat pump
Kitchen
Amenity: Dishwasher
Dishwasher
Amenity: Fridge
Fridge
Amenity: Microwave
Microwave
Amenity: Oven
Oven
Amenity: Tea, coffee, sugar etc
Tea, coffee, sugar etc
Amenity: Toaster
Toaster
Bathroom
Amenity: Shower
Shower
Laundry
Amenity: Cleaning equipment
Cleaning equipment
Amenity: Cleaning supplies
Cleaning supplies
Amenity: Dryer
Dryer
Amenity: Washing Machine
Washing Machine
Parking
Amenity: Off Street Parking
Off Street Parking
Entertainment
Amenity: TV
TV
Internet
Amenity: Free WiFi
Free WiFi
Outdoors
Amenity: BBQ
BBQ
Amenity: Outdoor furniture
Outdoor furniture
Other
Amenity: Cellphone coverage
Cellphone coverage

Bed layout

1 King(s), 1 Queen(s), 2 King single(s)

Special Amenities

Birdsong Cottage offers 3 Bedrooms, 1 Bathroom & private covered courtyard in a Premier Nelson Location. Parks & Trails at your doorstep & an Easy Walk to the CBD!

Special Attractions and Activities Nearby

Exceptional city fringe location - just a short walk or ride to Nelson's restaurant precinct, the Saturday market, Suter Art Gallery, Queens Gardens & Nelson's fantastic mountain-biking & walking trails!

Reviews

Average Rating: 3
2 total reviews

Gemma Kean
Property was as listed with everything we needed. However, in their email with check-in instructions a few days earlier, Holiday Nelson gave us the incorrect code for the lockbox meaning we were unable to get inside the house when we arrived late at night. The phone number we called had a message saying it was out of office hours. We were unable to find anywhere else to stay and the 4 of us had to sleep in the car. When we made contact the following morning the first person I spoke with was apologetic, however, I then spoke with a second person who tried to put the blame back on us for not informing them of our intended late arrival (why would we need to when we had self check in instructions?) and for not calling more than once (despite their out-of-office message and lack of emergency number). While they did refund the first night of the stay this seemed to be minimum you would expect, but unfortunately a night with no sleep meant our first day in Nelson was a write off.
Response from Owner
Hi Gemma, Thanks for sharing your experience. There was an error with the key code we provided you and again, we really do apologise for that. In respect of blame, that rests squarely with us, I just wished to let you know that while you did arrive after our business hours (1130pm if I recall correctly) if you had left a voicemail, called again or sent an email then we would have been able to get you in that night. With just one missed call and no message it wasn't until you called again the following morning that we were able to help you. Hope your event on the Saturday went well.
Kate Clark
Lovely outdoor areas, comfortable beds, basic kitchen, busy road. One room was unusable due to a ceiling leak but we hadn't been advised.
Response from Owner
Thanks again for staying and for your feedback. We had a aircon condensate pipe split in the ceiling and this gave rise to the leak. However, this was repaired the morning prior to your arrival so we did not expect this to impact your stay. Obviously not the case and I'll give you a call to find out more about what happened :-)

Availability

  • 19 Dec – 29 Dec 2025 Unavailable
  • 02 Jan – 12 Jan 2026 Unavailable
  • 14 Jan – 17 Jan 2026 Unavailable
  • 24 Jan – 31 Jan 2026 Unavailable
  • 03 Feb – 08 Feb 2026 Unavailable
  • 26 Feb – 28 Feb 2026 Unavailable
  • 13 Mar – 21 Mar 2026 Unavailable
  • 31 Dec – 30 Dec 2027 Unavailable

Rates

Date rangeRatesExtra guestsMinimum stay
11 Dec 2025 - 18 Dec 2025 $454 / Night for 4 guests$402 Nights
19 Dec 2025 - 22 Dec 2025 $454 / Night for 4 guests$406 Nights
23 Dec 2025 - 30 Dec 2025 $633 / Night for 4 guests$406 Nights
31 Dec 2025 - 31 Dec 2025 $661 / Night for 4 guests$403 Nights
01 Jan 2026 - 03 Jan 2026 $661 / Night for 4 guests$403 Nights
04 Jan 2026 - 07 Jan 2026 $633 / Night for 4 guests$402 Nights
08 Jan 2026 - 31 Jan 2026 $431 / Night for 4 guests$402 Nights
01 Feb 2026 - 28 Feb 2026 $431 / Night for 4 guests$402 Nights
01 Mar 2026 - 31 Mar 2026 $454 / Night for 4 guests$402 Nights
01 Apr 2026 - 02 Apr 2026 $454 / Night for 4 guests$402 Nights
03 Apr 2026 - 06 Apr 2026 $454 / Night for 4 guests$403 Nights
07 Apr 2026 - 30 Apr 2026 $454 / Night for 4 guests$402 Nights
01 May 2026 - 31 May 2026 $385 / Night for 4 guests$402 Nights
01 Jun 2026 - 30 Jun 2026 $385 / Night for 4 guests$402 Nights
01 Jul 2026 - 02 Jul 2026 $385 / Night for 4 guests$402 Nights
03 Jul 2026 - 19 Jul 2026 $420 / Night for 4 guests$402 Nights
20 Jul 2026 - 31 Jul 2026 $385 / Night for 4 guests$402 Nights
01 Aug 2026 - 24 Aug 2026 $385 / Night for 4 guests$402 Nights
25 Aug 2026 - 31 Aug 2026 $431 / Night for 4 guests$402 Nights
01 Sep 2026 - 30 Sep 2026 $431 / Night for 4 guests$402 Nights
01 Oct 2026 - 31 Oct 2026 $431 / Night for 4 guests$402 Nights
01 Nov 2026 - 30 Nov 2026 $431 / Night for 4 guests$402 Nights
01 Dec 2026 - 10 Dec 2026 $431 / Night for 4 guests$402 Nights
11 Dec 2026 - 17 Dec 2026 $454 / Night for 4 guests$402 Nights
18 Dec 2026 - 31 Dec 2026 $633 / Night for 4 guests$406 Nights
01 Jan 2027 - 04 Jan 2027 $633 / Night for 4 guests$406 Nights
05 Jan 2027 - 31 Jan 2027 $454 / Night for 4 guests$402 Nights
01 Feb 2027 - 28 Feb 2027 $454 / Night for 4 guests$402 Nights
01 Mar 2027 - 25 Mar 2027 $431 / Night for 4 guests$402 Nights
26 Mar 2027 - 26 Mar 2027 $431 / Night for 4 guests$403 Nights
27 Mar 2027 - 29 Mar 2027 $460 / Night for 4 guests$403 Nights
30 Mar 2027 - 30 Mar 2027 $460 / Night for 4 guests$402 Nights
31 Mar 2027 - 31 Mar 2027 $431 / Night for 4 guests$402 Nights
01 Apr 2027 - 30 Apr 2027 $431 / Night for 4 guests$402 Nights
01 May 2027 - 31 May 2027 $403 / Night for 4 guests$402 Nights
01 Jun 2027 - 30 Jun 2027 $403 / Night for 4 guests$402 Nights
01 Jul 2027 - 31 Jul 2027 $403 / Night for 4 guests$402 Nights
01 Aug 2027 - 31 Aug 2027 $403 / Night for 4 guests$402 Nights
01 Sep 2027 - 30 Sep 2027 $403 / Night for 4 guests$402 Nights
01 Oct 2027 - 31 Oct 2027 $1149 / Night for 4 guests$402 Nights
01 Nov 2027 - 30 Nov 2027 $1149 / Night for 4 guests$402 Nights
01 Dec 2027 - 10 Dec 2027 $1149 / Night for 4 guests$402 Nights
11 Dec 2025 - 18 Dec 2025
$454 / Night for 4 guests
Extra guests: $40Min. stay: 2 Nights
19 Dec 2025 - 22 Dec 2025
$454 / Night for 4 guests
Extra guests: $40Min. stay: 6 Nights
23 Dec 2025 - 30 Dec 2025
$633 / Night for 4 guests
Extra guests: $40Min. stay: 6 Nights
31 Dec 2025 - 31 Dec 2025
$661 / Night for 4 guests
Extra guests: $40Min. stay: 3 Nights
01 Jan 2026 - 03 Jan 2026
$661 / Night for 4 guests
Extra guests: $40Min. stay: 3 Nights
04 Jan 2026 - 07 Jan 2026
$633 / Night for 4 guests
Extra guests: $40Min. stay: 2 Nights
08 Jan 2026 - 31 Jan 2026
$431 / Night for 4 guests
Extra guests: $40Min. stay: 2 Nights
01 Feb 2026 - 28 Feb 2026
$431 / Night for 4 guests
Extra guests: $40Min. stay: 2 Nights
01 Mar 2026 - 31 Mar 2026
$454 / Night for 4 guests
Extra guests: $40Min. stay: 2 Nights
01 Apr 2026 - 02 Apr 2026
$454 / Night for 4 guests
Extra guests: $40Min. stay: 2 Nights
03 Apr 2026 - 06 Apr 2026
$454 / Night for 4 guests
Extra guests: $40Min. stay: 3 Nights
07 Apr 2026 - 30 Apr 2026
$454 / Night for 4 guests
Extra guests: $40Min. stay: 2 Nights
01 May 2026 - 31 May 2026
$385 / Night for 4 guests
Extra guests: $40Min. stay: 2 Nights
01 Jun 2026 - 30 Jun 2026
$385 / Night for 4 guests
Extra guests: $40Min. stay: 2 Nights
01 Jul 2026 - 02 Jul 2026
$385 / Night for 4 guests
Extra guests: $40Min. stay: 2 Nights
03 Jul 2026 - 19 Jul 2026
$420 / Night for 4 guests
Extra guests: $40Min. stay: 2 Nights
20 Jul 2026 - 31 Jul 2026
$385 / Night for 4 guests
Extra guests: $40Min. stay: 2 Nights
01 Aug 2026 - 24 Aug 2026
$385 / Night for 4 guests
Extra guests: $40Min. stay: 2 Nights
25 Aug 2026 - 31 Aug 2026
$431 / Night for 4 guests
Extra guests: $40Min. stay: 2 Nights
01 Sep 2026 - 30 Sep 2026
$431 / Night for 4 guests
Extra guests: $40Min. stay: 2 Nights
01 Oct 2026 - 31 Oct 2026
$431 / Night for 4 guests
Extra guests: $40Min. stay: 2 Nights
01 Nov 2026 - 30 Nov 2026
$431 / Night for 4 guests
Extra guests: $40Min. stay: 2 Nights
01 Dec 2026 - 10 Dec 2026
$431 / Night for 4 guests
Extra guests: $40Min. stay: 2 Nights
11 Dec 2026 - 17 Dec 2026
$454 / Night for 4 guests
Extra guests: $40Min. stay: 2 Nights
18 Dec 2026 - 31 Dec 2026
$633 / Night for 4 guests
Extra guests: $40Min. stay: 6 Nights
01 Jan 2027 - 04 Jan 2027
$633 / Night for 4 guests
Extra guests: $40Min. stay: 6 Nights
05 Jan 2027 - 31 Jan 2027
$454 / Night for 4 guests
Extra guests: $40Min. stay: 2 Nights
01 Feb 2027 - 28 Feb 2027
$454 / Night for 4 guests
Extra guests: $40Min. stay: 2 Nights
01 Mar 2027 - 25 Mar 2027
$431 / Night for 4 guests
Extra guests: $40Min. stay: 2 Nights
26 Mar 2027 - 26 Mar 2027
$431 / Night for 4 guests
Extra guests: $40Min. stay: 3 Nights
27 Mar 2027 - 29 Mar 2027
$460 / Night for 4 guests
Extra guests: $40Min. stay: 3 Nights
30 Mar 2027 - 30 Mar 2027
$460 / Night for 4 guests
Extra guests: $40Min. stay: 2 Nights
31 Mar 2027 - 31 Mar 2027
$431 / Night for 4 guests
Extra guests: $40Min. stay: 2 Nights
01 Apr 2027 - 30 Apr 2027
$431 / Night for 4 guests
Extra guests: $40Min. stay: 2 Nights
01 May 2027 - 31 May 2027
$403 / Night for 4 guests
Extra guests: $40Min. stay: 2 Nights
01 Jun 2027 - 30 Jun 2027
$403 / Night for 4 guests
Extra guests: $40Min. stay: 2 Nights
01 Jul 2027 - 31 Jul 2027
$403 / Night for 4 guests
Extra guests: $40Min. stay: 2 Nights
01 Aug 2027 - 31 Aug 2027
$403 / Night for 4 guests
Extra guests: $40Min. stay: 2 Nights
01 Sep 2027 - 30 Sep 2027
$403 / Night for 4 guests
Extra guests: $40Min. stay: 2 Nights
01 Oct 2027 - 31 Oct 2027
$1149 / Night for 4 guests
Extra guests: $40Min. stay: 2 Nights
01 Nov 2027 - 30 Nov 2027
$1149 / Night for 4 guests
Extra guests: $40Min. stay: 2 Nights
01 Dec 2027 - 10 Dec 2027
$1149 / Night for 4 guests
Extra guests: $40Min. stay: 2 Nights
Portacot & high-chair hire are available $35 each.

No party or venue use. No smoking inside. Pet stay on request. General Terms & Conditions apply - including a card authority as a bond (you will need to provide this authority directly to Holiday Nelson).

Please review Terms & Conditions here before booking: https://bit.ly/3bM8RBd
Cleaning fee is $159.00.

Cancellations

The pending booking will be automatically cancelled after 48 hours or earlier depending on the check-in date.

The house-specific cancellation policy will appear here.

Location

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