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Reviews of Beachlife Apartments

3.5 out of 5
Beachlife Apartments
72 Marine Parade, opp. North Beach Surfing Club, Christchurch

Reviews

7.0

Good

Rating 10 - Excellent. 57 out of 280 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 91 out of 280 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 70 out of 280 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 45 out of 280 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 17 out of 280 reviews" "

7.0/10

Cleanliness

7.2/10

Staff & service

7.0/10

Amenities

6.4/10

Property conditions & facilities

6.0/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

4/10 Poor

Maureen

Disliked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Didn’t like anything about this property, 4 sets of stairs to climb with suitcases to my room, no lift, it had been cleaned but was still grubby, mirror in bathroom cleaned at bottom but marks all over the top, the cupboard in the bathroom had paper ripped all over the floor, maybe a rat! The overflow on the floor was full of water and spider webs cover the top.Very uncomfortable bed, blind in bedroom had strung to hold it closed, had a hole in it which was taped over with silver wide tape!!! Couldn’t get tv working but on last day manager came and sorted, one remote to turn on 2nd remote was for functions, should had left instructions? Would I stay here again, NO, paid way too much for this room!
Stayed 3 nights in Mar 2024

8/10 Good

Glen

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great location, close to food options. The unit was a little rough as were the surrounding courtyard. The beds are well past their use by.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2024

6/10 Okay

Michelle

Travelled with group
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Great location. Excellent parking. Needed some tidy up. Air con not working, shower head didn’t fit holder, so water sprayed everywhere, not enough towels 2 towels for 2 people for 4 days, very small rubbish bin with no instructions where to empty it. Value for money, just needed a few tweaks.
Stayed 4 nights in Jan 2024

4/10 Poor

Carmel

Travelled with family
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Apartment had tired decor - furniture and floors marked especially in the bathroom - needs refurbishment (painting etc). Chipped and cracked cups and glasses. Patio door did not lock. Shower drain slightly blocked and slow to drain. Nice location by the beach and staff friendly.
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2023

4/10 Poor

Maggie

Travelled with family and small children
Disliked: Amenities, property conditions & facilities
The apartment was smaller than it looks. The glass table tops on table and coffee table was not attached and could be easy to remove or come off if you lean on it. Not safe for small children
Stayed 6 nights in Nov 2023

6/10 Okay

Polexeni

Travelled with family
Liked: Amenities
The staff was lovely. So accommodating. The shower bathroom are ma was not just dirty but unhygienic
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2023

10/10 Excellent

Lisa

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Perfect location and lots of parking. Awesome communication, couldnt ask for better to accommodate us with a late check in
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2023

10/10 Excellent

Julie

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2023

6/10 Okay

vii

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2023

10/10 Excellent

Lesley

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Security gates. Didn't like finding the security entrance gates open when we were up to leave at 3am the next morning. How safe is that in an area that needs security gates!!
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2023

6/10 Okay

Tessa

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
The apartment was large and spacious, but poorly maintained. The roller blind over the sliding door was broken. Two of the slats on the bedroom window were missing. The door to the balcony was sticky and nearly impossible to open. There was an alarm in the stairwell which was going off during our entire stay. The host spoke limited English. We loved the size of the room and the water pressure (which was excellent). We were a little disappointed in the number of items that needed repairs.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023

10/10 Excellent

Sophie

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Overall stay was great, everything worked. Clean & tidy. Place was warm had enough blankets plus Good heating. The buliding is showing it's age. For any body that complains that there was not a smart t.v should've gotten out more! So close to the beach.
Stayed 4 nights in Jul 2023

6/10 Okay

Tanya

Travelled with family
Tired looking property
Apartment was very small. All the plates and cups were not clean, like they had just been rinsed. There was only 4 coffee servings - 3 adults for 2 nights. Soap dispenser in the shower was empty. It had the weirdest dodgy looking electric dead bolt on the door, that was very loud. Balcony door was almost impossible to open. TV only had Netflix login, no other channels available. Overall was very disappointed. It did have electric blankets, which was great.
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2023

2/10 Terrible

Robyn

Disliked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 2 nights in May 2023
Response from James on 26 May 2023
It's disappointed to see your unreasonable rating for a cancelled booking.Over the years, we have accommodated over 10,000 groups of visitors and numerous happy customers who like our spacious apartments in a home like setting in addition to easy access to the beach.

8/10 Good

Stephanie

Travelled with family
Liked: Amenities
Disliked: Cleanliness
Good for the price
Stayed 11 nights in Apr 2023
Response from James on 26 May 2023
Thanks for the stay, It's great to know you are happy with the stay at our spacious apartment.Compared with hotel rooms, our apartments are offering value for money, plenty of space to move around and a place to cook healthy meals inside an apartment.Look forward to seeing you here when visit Christchurch again.

4/10 Poor

Emmeline

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
The door had been kicked in and had an odd lock system. The room was grubby. The furniture was dated.
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2023

4/10 Poor

tammy

Travelled with partner
Disliked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Hot water not working for two days, room was hard to get in with dodgy door lock, limited tight parking space, noisy area, not very clean!
Stayed 4 nights in Mar 2023

8/10 Good

Bryce

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Good location
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2023

2/10 Terrible

Lea

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2023

10/10 Excellent

john

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Lovely ocean view great location
Stayed 5 nights in Feb 2023

6/10 Okay

Andrew, Upper Moutere

Travelled with family
Disliked: Cleanliness
Adequate accomodation. Could do with a thorough deep clean. No dishes to cook anything in the oven so couldnt use it. A clean dish cloth would go a long way.
Stayed 3 nights in Feb 2023

10/10 Excellent

Fu

Travelled with partner
Liked: Property conditions & facilities
The beach is just across the road and closed to grocery stores and cafes. The staffs are very friendly and helpful. Laundry is free. Ample parking.
Stayed 7 nights in Feb 2023

2/10 Terrible

Shannon

Stayed 5 nights in Feb 2023

8/10 Good

Giulio

Travelled with family and small children
Good value for a family, pretty basic but gets the job done as long as you are not expecting 5 star accommodation you are fine
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2023

6/10 Okay

Sarah

Travelled with family
Disliked: Cleanliness
Not for us…
The staff were lovely and without a fine eye the accomodation is spacious, 3 bedrooms, kitchen and lounge with skylights in 2/3 bedrooms. It was as we started to lock up that the ranch slider didn’t lock and the skylight windows were very difficult to close - one in the “kids” room didn’t close at all so we had to move them into another bedroom. In the lounge the couch was torn, but the kitchen had suitable equipment which was great. In the bathroom the shower head was loose in the fitting so when the shower turned on it moved and sprayed all around the bathroom and when the water turned off it dropped in the fitting and banged the wall.. this should be fixed..
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2023

10/10 Excellent

mark

Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
safe and clean
Response from James on 5 Feb 2023
It's great to know you are happy with our apartments.Look forward for see you here when you visit Christchurch again.Many thanks,

2/10 Terrible

Varun

Travelled with family
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Extremely unprofessionall, unhygenic and untidy. The property was in a dreadful condition: 1. Front door handle/lock was broken 2. Dirty towels and lenin from previous customers were still kept without removal. 3. Kitchen was left in an extremely unhygenic condition. Smells like rotten meat. 4. Air-condition was not working. 5. Stairway was very dirty and contaminated. 6. WiFi never works It was the most unprofessional accomodation we have ever stayed. It's a shame.
Response from James on 5 Jan 2023
It is certainly not true. Otherwise, why you stayed for 3 nights without any complaint during the stay? You may not happy with rate as it's public holiday period. We have an on site duty manager standby 24 hours a day for helping our guests. It's understandable every aircon and TV operate differently. It's just a phone call away. The electronic door lock is working. Otherwise, you wouldn't able to get in or out. In fact, our accommodation is very popular among families, couples and all sorts of travellers over the last 14 years. For the last 2 weeks or so, our accommodation was fully booked. Many of them stayed for over a week. We are not perfect, but provide enjoyable, spacious accommodation at very reasonable rates. For comparison, the rate you paid for 4 people in a seaview 2-bedroom apartment is even significantly cheaper than a standard hotel room in Christchurch. It's incredible value for money.

2/10 Terrible

Robbie

Travelled with family
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Constant awful smell throughout the apartment which we put down to coming from the bathroom which had large sections of wall with thick black mould. Multiple occasions of very loud fighting coming from the apartment above. Apartment wasn’t serviced during our six night stay, would have thought it would be done at least once in that timeframe.
Response from James on 28 Dec 2022
No one would stay if the apartment was in the condition as you described when you checked in. We clean and disinfect every unit thoroughly before new guests check in. It is the guest's responsibility to open windows and turn on ventilation fan to keep the place dry during a stay.As per tradition of serviced apartments in NZ/AU, we don't provide room service during guests' stay and treat them as their private home away from home. In your case, we did provide extra set of towels at your request at no extra costs. If we operated as a hotel and provide daily service, the rate would have to go up by 20-40. For an apartment has double size of average hotel studio unit and costs around 2/3 of typical hotel rooms, it is an incredible good value for money.

10/10 Excellent

Jason

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Loved the stay. Only thing I would improve is new blinds in the bedrooms
Response from James on 27 Dec 2022
Hi Jason,It's great to know you are happy with the stay.We've installed new blinds facing the beach and plan to do the rest in the new year.Wish you a Very Happy New Year!

6/10 Okay

Sandra

Stayed 1 night in Dec 2022

6/10 Okay

Alison

Travelled with partner
Basic. Adequate for a single night. Communal areas like stairwell in desperate need of TLC.
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2022
Response from James on 27 Dec 2022
Hi Alison,Thanks for the stay and letting us your thought.Work is planned for the new year after the peak holiday period.Wish you a Very Happy New Year!

4/10 Poor

paul

Travelled with family, Travelled with family and small children, Travelled with partner
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Good location but property run down and average on cleaning
Stayed 6 nights in Nov 2022
Response from James on 27 Dec 2022
Hi Paul,Thanks for the stay.We've done some work since you left, e.g. replaced all blinds facing the beach. More work is planned for the new year.Wish you a Very Happy New Year!

2/10 Terrible

Shakil

Travelled with family and small children
Disliked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The apartments were really dirty and lacked hygiene. The doors wouldn't lock. We asked the hotel reception to change our rooms and clean the apartment but they didn't. There was no laundry facilities in the room, the apartment wasn't clean, sinks were blocked and stinking. The pictures are very deceiving as there is no pool on site, no laundry in rooms and poor WIFI. I would never stay there again and I would not recommend any families to stay there again. There was only one burnt pan and one pot for cooking and looking the condition of the apartment we had no choice then to eat outside. The apartment is run down and needs a major maintenance upgrade. Guest were smoking in their balcony and the smell was all over in our units. Not a safe place for families.
Response from Team at BeachLife Apartments on 7 Nov 2022
We care about quality of services very much, especially in hygiene and safety aspects. We will absolutely not let anyone to stay in any of our apartments if entry door is not lockable. So do you. All linens are provided by Alsco who provides all major hotels as well. The complex has excellent coverage of Wifi in front part of the building with speed around 30-100Mbps (You won't find this kind of speed in most hotels). Bedrooms at back may not have perfect reception, but all living areas are located in front of the building with good coverage. For units that without a laundry, a communal laundry is provided free of charge. The complex is due for a renovation. However, the prices offered reflect this. For a 2-bedroom seaview apartment for 4 people, our price is even less than a 4-star hotel room for 2 people. It's very reasonable indeed.Unlike hotels, all units have large openable windows. Being on seaside, dusts are inevitable part of a natural living. Unlike carpet, our light-coloured solid maple flooring will not hide dusts or bugs or virus.All units are double-glazing with air-conditioner for a comfortable living indoor if outdoor is not suitable.Since opening, we have accommodated thousands of families and had no safety issue.

8/10 Good

Sara

Travelled with family
Liked: Amenities, property conditions & facilities
We enjoyed our stay very much, property manager was very friendly and helpfull.
Stayed 6 nights in Oct 2022
Response from Team at BeachLife Apartments on 7 Nov 2022
We are glad to know you have enjoyed the stay. See you next time in Christchurch.

4/10 Poor

Rachael

Travelled with partner
Disliked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
We had booked for 2 nights but cancelled second night, just didn’t find the apartment to accommodate our needs. Couch too small, tv not working, 20yr heat pump noisy, shower water spills throughout the bathroom, lots of shady repair jobs looked more like a rental. The lady on reception was lovely and very accommodating.
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2022
Response from Team at BeachLife Apartments on 7 Nov 2022
We are sorry to hear that the apartment doesn't meet your expectation. We understand everyone has different expectation.This particular apartment is due to a renovation with some temporary fixes. Thanks for getting our attention.TV is working, just need to get used to it. Every TV is different. The Panasonic heatpump is definitely not that old. It has a quiet mode that reduces noise.

4/10 Poor

Kendyl

Travelled with partner
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
NOT a great review unfortunately. No one was there to check us in (which was in the allocated time frame stated). So I had to call them and wait for them to turn up 15mins later. The person who check us in was nice but had no idea what she was doing. She couldn’t find our booking and ended up just checking us in. Not only was it the wrong room but it was dirty and none of the power was on to anything including the fridge. The shower was like standing under a splattering waterfall. The beds were uncomfortable and horrifically loud every time you moved. The washer and dryer was always going under our room which created a consistent hum. There were missing blinds and didn’t close properly so there was minimal privacy from the surrounding houses. Just to top it off the neighbours decided to party all night, screaming, yelling and slamming doors. The only upside to our stay was the view.
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2022
Response from Team at BeachLife Apartments on 7 Nov 2022
As a serviced apartment, we don't have someone man the reception 24 hours a day. Otherwise, we have to charge a lot more.We can accommodate after hour bookings with short notice, but we do need time to get ready and walk to the reception, especially to these without a firm ETA.We answer calls around the clock. If any issue, please contact us immediately. Your satisfactory is important to us.

2/10 Terrible

DARWIN

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
The bed was so uncomfortable and squeaked everytime we turned over, bitterly cold night upon arrival no heaters turned on. There were holes in walls from damage but the paint work didnt match and it looked obvious..for the price it was below average.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2022

10/10 Excellent

Ratu

Stayed 1 night in Jul 2022

10/10 Excellent

Michelle

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
I enjoyed the electric blanket and option of a bath. Location was fantastic.
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2022

8/10 Good

Megan

Travelled with family and small children
Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Property is right across from the beach and amazing seaviews from our room, watching the sun rise.
Stayed 4 nights in Jul 2022

2/10 Terrible

Tu

Stayed 4 nights in Feb 2022

8/10 Good

Perawai

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
I love how it's across from beach and the staff are amazing
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2022

6/10 Okay

David Alfred

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Amenities, property conditions & facilities
The shower was not attached to the wall properly. It had obviously broken prior to our stay & has been ‘repaired’ with sticking plaster. There was no remote for the air conditioner; fortunately we did not need to use it.
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2022

8/10 Good

Lynda

Stayed 4 nights in Jan 2022

8/10 Good

Mary

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness
Good but definitely room for improvement
I loved the location, straight across the road from the sand dunes and beach. Also a great coffee cart over the road. First impressions of our room was good. However, the first night in the double bed was not comfortable. My partner moved to the couch half way through the night, but unfortunately the blinds didn't work so he was awoken by the sun between 5 and 6am. Second night was better when we removed the electric blanket (wires were very annoying), and put a duvet under the bottom sheet. Aside from those issues I'd say it's all good as long as you aren't expecting luxury.
Stayed 6 nights in Dec 2021

8/10 Good

Christine

Stayed 1 night in Nov 2021

8/10 Good

Bernadette

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Amenities, property conditions & facilities
the view was great,access to apartment not so great.shower was great,beds comfortable.apartment cean and tidy, but not very secure as sliding door unlockable.overall we werent there much of the time so it was ok. ,
Stayed 5 nights in Nov 2021

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Good value. Across the road from North Brighton Beach where there's a coffee & breakfast van come morning. Very welcoming @ Reception, my unit was excellent with a balcony, powerful wifi & smart TV to link my Netflix. Highly recommended.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2021

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Disliked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
We are very unhappy with both rooms that's we've booked. Both rooms are very dirty. Room5 there were holes on the walls by the front door, hole on the wall by the bedroom on the left. light was broken in the bathroom, and could be poo on the wall... Very disgusting. Tap in the bathroom sink was on the opposite side, turn the hot water on, cold water come out. Turn the cold water on, hot water come out. My son got burn his on hand as he thought it was cold water but the hot water come out. This got to be health and safety issue here.. Internet wasn't working on both rooms. Was told at the checked in it will be fixed with in 2 hours. But it didn't happen. Trying to call the receptions couldn't get hold of anyone all night. I personally would like a full refund to compensation for all the issues.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2021

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Liked: Property conditions & facilities
Great value and good location.
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2021
Response from Sylvia on 3 Aug 2021
Thank you for choosing our apartments, and for taking the time to write a review! And we look forward to welcoming you to our apartments again soon