Animal lovers and food enthusiasts!

Homestay in Avonside - Christchurch, New Zealand

About the Homestay

  • Welcomes
  • Males
  • Females
  • Couples
  • Families
  • Students

Our home is a two storey weather board home with three bedrooms and a shared bathroom. There is a toilet on each level. We have a stream through our property that runs through to the nearby Avon river - we often have ducks and eels!! There are no children here but there are two fur children - Kitten Little and Mischief - so we hope you like cats! Melissa loves food, creating in the kitchen, trying new recipes and experimenting with new ingredients and all things cooking and baking! Sherma sometimes likes mountain biking, golf and four wheel driving. We both enjoy walking at Halswell Quary park, Travis Wetland and we used to enjoy Taylors Mistake Walk. We both enjoy travelling, cultural exchange and new experiences.

Our home is between Eastgate Mall and Palms Mall. Eastgate is closer and is easy walking distance but is a small mall which includes a supermarket and the Warehouse. Palms is much larger with many more shops and Reading Cinema. Both have a library and it is easy access to get on the Orbiter bus which goes around all of the malls. To go to town the bus stop is about 3 houses away and it is number 40. Bus 40 also takes you up to New Brighton shops which has a library and a beautiful beach and pier.

The back of our property has several large bushy trees so it offers a lot of privacy and it is nice to sit out on the grass and enjoy lunch in the sun or relax and read a book.

My Pets

2 Cats

House Facilities
  • Garden
  • Patio
  • Barbecue
  • Parking
  • TV
  • Internet Access
  • Air Conditioning

Bedrooms available for booking

Minimum stay is for 1 night

Maximum stay is for 365 nights

Available for given dates

Long stay? If you have a reoccuring schedule where days in the week do not require accommodation, you can unselect those days below. This will inform the host and reduce the price of your stay.

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Twin room
From $39 per night
Twin Room
Sleeps 2

Bathroom shared (with family / other guests)
2 Single Bed

Bedroom availableNot available for dates

This room is a large double room with two beds in it. It is also north facing so it gets the afternoon sun and is nice and warm.

Facilities
  • Desk and Lamp
  • Dresser / Drawers
  • Closet / Wardrobe
  • Bedside Locker / Nightstand
  • Carpet / Moquette
 1 guest
2 guests
Nightly Price
$39
$65
Double room
From $49 per night
Double Room
Sleeps 2

Bathroom shared (with family / other guests)
1 Double Bed

Bedroom availableNot available for dates

This room has a double bed in it and includes other furniture. It is north facing so it gets nice and warm and sunny when the sun is shining.

Facilities
  • Desk and Lamp
  • Dresser / Drawers
  • Closet / Wardrobe
  • Bedside Locker / Nightstand
  • Carpet / Moquette
 1 guest
2 guests
Nightly Price
$49
$65
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About the Area

Our home is located on the east of Christchurch in a suburb called Avonside. The bus (40) takes you to town in about 15 minutes. Eastgate mall is about 15 or 20 minutes walk and provides a supermarket, post office, bookshop, food court and many other shops. Bus 40 also goes to New Brighton mall/shops which has a lovely beach, library, cafes and pier. The bus stop is three houses away and across the road. We are about 35 minutes driving to the airport - sometimes less depending on the time of day and traffic.

Local Area Facilities
  • Park
  • Golf
  • Bowling
  • Beach
  • Cinema
  • Library
  • Museum
  • Shopping Centre
  • Sports arena
  • Fishing
  • Restaurant
  • Bus Stop
  • Train station
  • Hospital

Meals

Hosts can offer a complimentary light breakfast at their discretion. All other meals, including a full breakfast, might incur an additional cost, if offered. Meals and any additional payment should be arranged directly with your host.

Included in the stay
  • Complimentary Light Breakfast
  • Use of Kitchen
Available on request at an extra cost
  • Full Board

House Rules

Please do not invite anyone to our home that we don't know without asking us first and also with out meeting us before hand especially if we are not there.
No smoking in our home or on our property.
If you make a mess, please clean it up. No cooking allowed.
Please keep quiet from around 11 pm.
If you are staying for a long period I will provide a key for you. We do ask for a $10 key bond which will be returned when we get the key back. Make sure you take it with you at all times. Please ensure that all doors and windows (downstairs) in particular are closed and locked before going out.

Smoking Rules

Your host is a non-smoker.

Smoking is not allowed.

How do I book?

Contact the host to check their availability and ask them any questions you have about staying with them. Once the host confirms they’re available for your dates, you can complete your booking.

When do I pay?

Once a host confirms they're available, you can go ahead and pay the 15% booking fee (maximum of 250 $£€ for longer term bookings) using a choice of payment methods: Visa, Mastercard, American Express, Maestro, Laser, JCB & PayPal (not available in certain countries). You then pay your host on arrival or as stated by your host on their profile and agreed by you on booking. Please be cautious if a host requests advance payment if its not included on their profile. Our hosts have been advised that if they wish to request advance payment they must make this explicit in their profile. We do not recommend the use of Money gram or Western Union.

When can I share my contact details?

Host and Guest email address, phone number and home address will be exchanged in a confirmation email sent to both immediately after a booking is completed. It's against our policy for Guests and Hosts to exchange direct contact details via our messaging system.

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