Hillcrest Homestay, NorthShore, Auckland

Good

Nothing

Smell, fish exposed in fridge, long black hairs all over bathroom floor. Unhygienic and health hazard

No satisfactory place

The fire alarm can go off at will, even when boiling water is on, and the range hood is also on. It is incredible. Of course, some people don't want guests to cook.

I loved the whole place. I will definitely stay again and again. My favourite part was definitely the shower

Just my plugs didn’t work I didn’t notice until it was late . It did get fixed 😊☺️

Location was ok and close to where needed to be.

The fact that the word home stay well, is a misnomer, no meet and greet from the host, bedside drawers in room had used tissues (I left them there). The sheets were not clean and fresh (skin scales on sheeting) had to sleep on top of bed with blanket. House was warm initially, but no central heating was activated (it is winter after all) Carpet and skirting boards need a severe vacuum. Kitchen had cooking equipment and kettle, again cupboards and drawers need cleaning ( oil, fats and hair) I did try to tidy and clean some but no jiff. No complimentary sachets of coffee tea sugar milk. No localized information packs of area and region, magazines or T V. Noy worth the coin I paid. M E Grover MCFA.

Location

It was so cold , no heating and all windows wide open when I arrived at 6pm. My duvet was wet with condensation from me breathing to the very cold air within the room each morning. A fellow guest also commented to me about the very cold rooms.

The host was responsive. The house was clean. Clear check in instructions

It was so cold. Messaged the host and the host said no heater due to safety reasons ( but you technically can say that with anything really). There's a heat pump in the living room but the control was removed. I had the worst sleep in my life because the room is the same temperature at outdoor ( 3-5deg at night) and unfortunately the electric blanket doesn't help much. I couldn't sit at the table to do my work on the laptop because it was too cold. I would have given 10 if there was a heater. There was absolute no comfort in the cold unfortunately. I purposely chose a more expensive one on booking instead of staying in a hostel to have some comfort for my work trip but unfortunately this was worse than hostel in terms of comfort for me this time :(

location is good, quiet and safe.

They don't change the bath towel or do the daily cleaning.

The location

- The mouldy shower and grime all over the shower - filthy bathmat that looked like it hadn’t been washed - bathroom door didn’t lock at all - mould in the pantry and dirty - shower in the entrance way? - dirty sheets - walls has mess on them and what looked like water running down them