The first time I stayed in a homestay in Christchurch, New Zealand —— The landlord changed from worry to praise

I've been reading people's advice on how to live in a homestay online. Finally, we also tried it once: booked a homestay in Christchurch, South Island, New Zealand through Airbnb.

There are three main types of houses in New Zealand. Apart from apartments and townhouses, single-family houses are the most common: in rural areas of China, they are native villages, and in big cities, they are single-family villas. Of course, most of them are one-story bungalows.

The homestay we rent is the most common house in the local area: the front yard and backyard, with a bungalow built in the 1970s and 1980s in the middle, with a garage and a large terrace. Because it is for rent, I cut the lawn, but the flowers and trees are very ordinary.

B&B is located in a residential area from Christchurch Airport to the city center. It's quiet and tidy. If you don't want to drive into the yard, you can park on the road, and there will never be a policeman to post a list for you.

There are three rooms in the house, the other is a bathroom and a laundry room, plus a dining room and a living room. As there were only two people, we only borrowed one of the rooms. The landlord locked the doors of the other two bedrooms and lent them to us as one bedroom. The rent is also calculated on a one-bedroom basis.

On the first night in Christchurch, we took the key from the entrance porch with the password and went straight to live. Although it is not a new house, the landlord just took it out as a homestay, so the interior was slightly decorated and looked clean and tidy. The kitchen is equipped with a large number of kitchenware and condiments. There is a washing machine ironing board in the laundry room, and there is a computer in the living room that can surf the Internet at any time besides the TV. I really want to go home, very much.

The most comfortable thing is getting up in the morning. You can sit in a sunny restaurant and have a long breakfast. Then you can go out for a walk in the front and back yard. You can watch the dew shining at the tip of the grass in the sun and listen to the unknown birds jumping and singing in the trees.

The next afternoon, the landlord contacted us and asked if we needed to change towels and bath towels. We refused. On the third day, the landlord contacted us again and asked if we needed to change the sheets and quilts. We refused, and then the landlord was a little hesitant, meaning that he didn't know if we were satisfied with our stay or not, and what else was needed. Later we finally reacted: Is the landlord a little worried about us?

We happened to be free at home that night, so we invited the landlord over. Sure enough, the landlord came and took the opportunity to look around the house. Seeing that we were all clean and tidy, I immediately showed a satisfied smile, left us a change of towels and other things, and left with confidence.

Two weeks later, we left this temporary "home". Before we left, we cleaned the room again, sorted the garbage and threw it into the trash can in the yard. The landlord was very happy and gave us a good evaluation at Airbnb. Of course, we also gave him a good evaluation.