The Professor's Beach House - Brighton Home

Everything

Thst we had to leave before we read all the books and listened to all the cds

Lovely location. Great views. Well equipped, has literally everything you need. Lots of history and unique house, a real piece of history.

Get that part of the appeal is the character but could do with a deeper clean from time to time. Response by Bach care team is woeful, asked for early check in and you get nothing but auto responses. If I had any advice for the owner it’d be to remove from bach care management and engage someone else.

Only location and nothing else.

This property is overrated and I'm not sure how it received so many good reviews. The expectation from a beach house supposedly was to be wow, but this gave us a ghostly feeling. The owner kept literally everything in the house, including the condolences of the person who passed away and so on. This wasn't a family-friendly home at all. There was an exposed electric point on the floor, many spider webs around the windows, dirty utensils, and bad odors throughout the house.

views were exceptional Didn't take long to heat up Beds were comfy A quaint large house Very child friendly

Only thing I didn't like was the door between the laundry and the kitchen let in a lot of draft, but we just didn't use that room for dining, we went to the views.

The setting was great, views and the house were lovely. It has a very personal feel as if the professor is still there. There is every facility you could want.

It would have been nice to have one bathroom upstairs, particularly if we needed to get up at night.

The house was UNBELIEVABLE… we LOVED every bit of it … lots of character… lots of history… amazing entertainment room… it was magic

Nothing

We thoroughly enjoyed our stay in this beautiful home with stunning views. It has lots of space for the family to spread out. The separate lounge spaces provided areas for the adults to chat away while the kids played. We especially loved the dining room with a view of the ocean - that space was absolutely gorgeous. There is good offstreet parking available and lovely well-kept grounds to walk around whilst taking in the views. Lots of appliances, dishes and pantry supplies that made it easy for us to settle in and enjoy it as a home away from home.

We didn't have a gas bottle for the BBQ which meant we had to adjust our meal options. A replacement gas bottle was eventually delivered to the home but by the time it arrived, we didn't need the BBQ. There is no bathroom upstairs where all the bedrooms are located. Not a big issue just a bit of an inconvenience (especially in the middle of the night). Initially we thought the drive to Dunedin would be too far and a hassle to make each day, however the scenic route made it seem shorter.