TPO - Lake, Pool and Taupo Town

Great apartment, close to town. Positive: Door code key. Nice sizeable apartment with room for everyone. Washer/dryer facilities. Negative: We stayed for 5 days and we had to request extra towels. No one serviced the apartment whilst we were there

Avoid. The apt needs a good deep clean, a few repairs, to be repainted and furnishings replaced. Positive: Not much sadly. Pictures online are clearly from a few years ago, and with all lights on (the pace is quite dreary and dark). Negative: Sadly this place was not for us! It’s a few things that all add up to being one big no! Beds; super soft, felt old, when you move in the bed and the whole bed moves or you just sink down, no support. Bed linen, I honestly felt dirty sleeping in the bed. It’s a sheet, cheap thin polyester duvet with no cover (just felt disgusting, old and dirty), and a throw that has probably never seen a washing machine and just really should be binned. Buy decent duvets and a duvet cover. No need for sheets and every one’s skin touching the same duvet and bed topper - gross and unhygienic. Carpets; again felt dirty to walk on. They could do with a good vaccum and also a deep clean / carpet wash. Curtains; holes in them and mildew on them. Kids / twin bed room. While it has a sky light and this space acting as a window to the stairs, it felt claustrophobic and awful. This “window” has a wooden shutter so you hear everything. The skylight has a blind but it’s so high it’s permanently closed (the blind). Having no ability to air the bedroom meant bedroom felt stuffy but also warm at night in mid April. Also, just super claustrophobic. The upstairs bathroom is accessed only via the two bedrooms. Not my thing. And it felt dated and again like it needs a good proper scrub, some bleach, lick of paint and some love! Or just a complete over haul (along with the rest of the apt!). The main bedroom is fine, a 6/10 (carpets, bed linen, curtains). At least it has a window one can open. But again, did not like the creepy dirty feeling bed linen. Main area; you come in front door (natural light), little hallway, then into the kitchen area. Kitchen has no window. There’s a double door at the end where the living area is. That’s the only natural light. The whole place is super dark, dreery and just feels very enclosed due to such. It’s not a space for chilling in. Floor tiles were broken, kept popping up and again it felt like it needs an update, proper cleaning etc.

Positive: Fabulous location, just a short walk from the lakeside and the amazing views. The property was spacious and the perfect spot to explore Taupo, and all it has to hold Negative: N/A