The house is lovely and the rooms really comfortable and charming.
The breakfast is wonderful with home made jams and everything you may want.
You may choose bedrooms with ensuite bathroom or not, and even a private cottage in the garden with spa tub.
The owners are really great people, and the cafés and restaurants arround are very good

Couldn't agree more with all the other rave reviews of Teichelmann's - charming historic house, easy to find, parking right in front of the gate, short walk to main street and beach (for absolutely sensational sunset!), welcome tea & cake, delicious cooked breakfast, lovely cosy rooms with bathrobes, nice bright bathrooms with toiletries (we were offered a choice of rooms)..... Most of all, we enjoyed Brian and Frances' warmth and willingness to chat - far preferable to watching TV, which we didn't miss at all!

My wife and I stayed over for a night and we thoroughly enjoyed the company of Brian and Frances, who are very hospitable people. While our initial impression was of disappointment given there's no TV in the room (or anywhere else in the house), this was quickly mitigated by the hospitality of both hosts. One thing that we appreciated very much was their attention to details e.g. Frances helped prepared some nice and warm packs to be tugged into our beds to keep our feet warm as we mentioned we felt cold.

Overall, they have both made us feel very welcomed.

I think I must have suffered an early senior's moment by not writing a review after staying at the fabulous Teichelmann's B & B in February this year. It was a very bad time for NZ's South Island, we checked in for 2 nights the day after the terrible earthquake in Christchurch. We were feeling a bit rattled but our hosts Brian and Frances were calmness personified.

We're definitely NOT B&B people - hate sharing a house - so booked their garden room, a charming and comfy oasis with an ensuite and a verandah surrounded by hydrangeas in the garden. We arrived late in the day and Brian helped us with our luggage and then declared it "beer o'clock" so we sat in the garden with a cold beer from his outdoor fridge and much calming chat about the earthquake and where we'd been and where to go for dinner. Arriving back much later that night after an excellent meal we could have taken the side path to our room but instead chose to go in by the front door...our hosts were going beyond their duty - an impromptu supper with all the guests that kept us all from our beds until after midnight.

Brian and Frances are perfect hosts - warm & funny and are a delightful couple, We could tell that after our first breakfast (delicious) as all the guests were reluctant to leave....they made us feel like family. They have that very special "It" factor.

Our 2 nights at Teichy's gave us a good insight into NZ hospitality - they do it so well in those Shaky Isles.