Gamaliel accommodation from NZ$121

Host was very accommodating and very accessible to get in touch with. We enjoyed our stay and plan to try and rent the same house in the future.

Heat and A/C worked great. Two enjoyed the hot tub. Perfect size for our entire family. Kids used the game room a lot.

The shower head had GREAT water pressure and the fridge kept our leftover food cold. Those are the highlights. The room smelled fine… until you got near the bathroom and then it smelled like a urinal. The sink was dirty. Everything about the room was simply run down. Old exposed wall anchors from where the TV used to be. Peeling (or partially peeled off) 35 year old wallpaper in the toilet/shower area. For as strong as the water pressure was in the shower, I’m surprised the toilet could flush the water in the bowl (really weak flush). The sink countertop front facade was dangling. There is an exposed gap at the bottom corner of the door to the outside. The gutters outside of the room were ineffective. The lighting was terrible throughout. The beds were two different heights and of differing firmnesses. The pillows were as soft as folded up sheets stuffed in a pillow case. “Continental breakfast” was practically non existent (there were two cereal dispensers with no bowls, spoons, or milk; there was a toaster with no bread or pastries; coffee wasn’t even attempted in the coffee pots). We asked for water and ice to fill our refillable water bottles as we checked out and all he could offer was a room temperature Coke. This was the worst place I’ve stayed. Period. I don’t have super high standards and I know the area doesn’t have a lot, but I would have preferred to sleep in my car. If the price was half of what we paid, it would have been too much. Terrible value.