Peaceful location with private garden, spacious, v clean and modery furnished
We were a mature family and stayed 4 nights. It was like a home from home with modern kitchen and appliances. Two outside seating options. A couple of sunloungers would have been appreciated but we could not fault the property really. And we would book again. My daughter would have liked a mirror upstairs and a plug adapter so you could put the fan on and charge a phone and some scissors in the kitchen. But we loved staying and it was easy to find. Thank you.
A prime location too explore the Sounds being within a comfortable distance of not only the Sounds itself but also Nelson and Blenhium and surrounding areas ,Highly recommended .
The cottage was comfy, cozy, and well equipped. Hosts were great - even hand delivered a cheese grater! And the pub a short walk down the road is a great time.
Over all good bar the sleeping arrangements and the odd bath room set up which could not be locked for privacy. Not suitable for easy access with 6 metre boat in tow very tricky driveway and would be near impossible without a 4 drive vehicle.
Nice and well equipped large house in a beautiful garden and surroundings
We spent 5 nights in the house and enjoyed our stay tremendously. The house is perfect for a family of up to 6 people, the garden is beautiful, we had all our meals outside, it was quiet, not noise from the street. I would always come back. Perfect location for hiking, biking and boat excursions. John was a perfect host, answered all our questions before we arrived.
We had a lovely stay here close to Picton, Nelson and Blenheim. A beautiful area and a lovely little cottage. Comfortable beds, lounges and dining table. None of the following comments are complaints but it might be helpful to be aware the internet is patchy, the stairs are unusual and steep, the upstairs bedrooms are not fully enclosed and can get warm, the bathroom has doors to both the main bedroom and the living area which requires a system for privacy and there are sand flies. We enjoyed the local pub, eating mussels at Havelock and our favourite restaurant in the ones we visited in the whole of New Zealand was 'The Fancy Cow'.
Nice spot to get away from it all. The listing is accurate. The Link Pathway cycle/walking track runs right outside the property and you can go quite a distance in either direction.
Tip: To get the key-box code you need to log in to bookabach. While the emails say you will be "sent" the code, it doesn't actually get sent, just becomes visible in bookabach.
The house was perfect for our 3 day stay. It was great to be so close to the Queen Charlotte track. 4 of us stayed upstairs. The stairs were a bit odd to navigate but we got used to them. We were surprised we had to take our trash with us, but perhaps thatâs part of the way it is at Marlborough Sounds. Played Scrabble every night. Loved the sheep next door. Would stay there again.
Our family really enjoyed staying in this holiday home. It is a very warm comfortable clean home, great to come back to after a day out exploring and fishing. The garden setting is very quiet peaceful and relaxing. Excellent communication from the host.
The place is great, super comfortable and in a quiet place (except occasional crazy cow mooing at 2 am ;).
Definitely good for relaxing and BBQ and staying close to the sounds.
One thing to mention, there are only like 2 places in the house where you can catch weak wifi and there's no reception (or if you're lucky 1 bar of Spark).
Lovely property with large garden, surrounded by sheep and cows, to the delight of my young boys! The property is close to a number of beaches and Queen Charlotte Track. It's worth checking for road closures in the area as access to some parts we had hoped to go was closed.
We had a lovely stay and appreciated the fast communication with the host
Spacious, Fully Furnished, Goregeous Setting Near Sounds
John's home is superbly furnished - private, wonderful gardens, clean, TV, WIFI, excellent kitchen, quiet, peaceful, spacious, easy check-in and out, gas BBQ, A/C/Heat, and great patio. The home has screens! We spent four nights at the home while hiking and enjoying the area.
John is an excellent communicator - making the arrival/departure simple. Highly recommend - do purchae groceries/supplies before arrival - the only "store" in Linkwater stocks very little!
We had a great 3 days in this lovely cottage in the Marlborough Sounds. The beautiful setting, good facilities and some nice welcoming touches made it the perfect place to start our South Island road trip. Thank you very much.
Lovely stay in this clean and quiet home. Easy to get to Picton and Havelock and 40 mins from Blenheim.
Not sure if I missed it on the listing but I hadn't realised that the upstairs wasn't really 2 separate rooms - there is no wall separating the 2 and no door to stop sound traveling from downstairs. Not a problem depending on who's staying and if you don't have early risers and night owls (we did so it was a tad tricky!)! Stairs are interesting...very tricky so you couldn't have anyone who's not confident stay upstairs but we managed fine.