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Reviews of The Sands Nelson Apartments

4.5 out of 5
The Sands Nelson Apartments
623 Rocks Road, Nelson

Reviews

9.4

Exceptional

Rating 10 - Excellent. 96 out of 135 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 34 out of 135 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 5 out of 135 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 0 out of 135 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 0 out of 135 reviews" "

9.4/10

Cleanliness

9.2/10

Staff & service

9.2/10

Amenities

9.2/10

Property conditions & facilities

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Derek

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
This is a lovely apartment with a great view where you can sit and watch the world go by. The secure parking is nice to have as it’s makes it easy to move your luggage to the apartment and as it’s covered a bonus when it’s raining. The apartment has everything you need and the bedroom is a good size. The property manager is very helpful and quick to respond to any needs. There is a bar below and a few other shops which are handy for takeaways or eating in. It’s great that’s it’s within walking distance of the beach and children’s play area Would stay again if in this area
Stayed 3 nights in Mar 2023

10/10 Excellent

Stephanie

Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2023
Response from Neville on 11 Feb 2023
Many thanks.

10/10 Excellent

Shakil

Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Stayed 5 nights in Jan 2023
Response from Neville on 11 Feb 2023
Thanks

10/10 Excellent

Margaret

Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Loved staying there. Everything was perfect. Would stay again great location and safe parking. Thank you Neville.
Response from Neville on 13 Jan 2023
Many thanks

10/10 Excellent

Robyn

Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great location, close to lots of restaurants and across the road from the beach. Very secure undercover parking. Well stocked kitchen with all the utensils you need. Great balcony to enjoy the sun.
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2022
Response from Neville on 23 Aug 2022
Many thanks

10/10 Excellent

lisa

Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Restful Views
Nice view and comfortable and modern aparetment
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2022
Response from Neville on 27 Apr 2022
Many thanks

8/10 Good

John

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Nice apartments
Nice apartment. Close to the beach and essentials. Parking is plenty but a bit tight and checkin requires calling a number as the manager doesn’t appear to be located on site.
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2021
Response from Neville on 12 Oct 2021
Thanks for that. Yes I do live on site - just not near reception.

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness
Fantastic location right beside the beach with plenty of restaurants, coffee shops and bars within a couple of hundred metres.
Stayed 5 nights in Jun 2021
Response from Neville on 8 Jul 2021
Thanks

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The 3 bedroom, 3 bathroom apartment gave us all space to spout and
Stayed 7 nights in Jun 2021
Response from Neville on 7 Jul 2021
Thanks

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Beautiful view of mountains and apartment was lovely. Well stocked with nice utensils/equipment/furnishings. Not far from airport/restaurants and short drive into Nelson. Very enjoyable.
Stayed 6 nights in May 2021
Response from Neville on 7 Jul 2021
Thanks

10/10 Excellent

HYANG SOO

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Fantastic location and view!
It was super clean and comfortable. My family enjoyed the stay very much.
Stayed 3 nights in Apr 2021
Response from Neville on 13 Apr 2021
Thanks

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2021

10/10 Excellent

Kathy

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Sands Apartments Tahunanui
Great location - washing machine and full cooking facilities. Under cover parking right outside your door and a short stroll to Tahunanui beach. Lovely balcony with a view of the sea.
Stayed 3 nights in Feb 2021
Response from Neville on 13 Feb 2021
Many thanks for your comments

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Very nice place. Spacious 2 bedroom apartment. clean and close to Cafe and restaurants.
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2021
Response from Neville on 26 Jan 2021
Thanks

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Property conditions & facilities
Stayed 4 nights in Oct 2020

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Location , location, location, location, location
Stayed 4 nights in Oct 2020

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 3 nights in Oct 2020

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2020

6/10 Okay

MM, Sydney

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The pros: great location close to beach and restaurants; the apartment was spacious; the person at reception very friendly; good cutlery/pans; good appliances; wifi was good The cons: we stayed in a one-bedroom apartment and the bedroom didn't have a window so you only get air from the aircon; lights in bedroom weren't great; only 4 hangers for 3 people and no drawers/shelves so we had to keep our clothes in our luggage (on the floor); nice balcony but very noisy as it overlooks the main road; we had to make our sofa-bed on arrival
Stayed 4 nights in Jan 2020

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Views were fantastic. Could have stayed longer if time had permitted.
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2020
Response from Neville on 16 Jan 2020
Thanks

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The location of the appartments is amazing! beautiful views.
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2020
Response from Neville on 12 Jan 2020
Thank you

10/10 Excellent

KATHY

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 3 nights in Nov 2019
Response from Neville on 11 Dec 2019
Thanks

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with family, Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Nice location with view of the beach. Appartments was clean and tidy and everything we needed.
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2019
Response from Neville on 28 Nov 2019
Thank you

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Our rooms 306 were in an excellent location on the top floor
Stayed 3 nights in Nov 2019
Response from Neville on 25 Nov 2019
Thanks

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Clean and tidy, everything you need as it’s self contained with kitchen and washer and dryer.
Stayed 4 nights in Nov 2019
Response from Neville on 25 Nov 2019
Thanks

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities
A stunning aspect, handy to everything, by car or walking. The views were remarkable. There is quite a lot of road noise, but to be expected, it didnt disturb sleep. The dining chairs need to be replaced as soon as possible the vinyl is all cracked and split and a couple of the chairs are actually unsafe to sit on. A very comfortable apartment, but a bit tired. Would I stay again, at that price only if the furniture was fixed up and the curtains rehung.
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2019
Response from Neville on 4 Sep 2019
Thank you for your comments.

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
The view was beautiful and the living area was spacious. The second bed room was an unusual shape making it small for two single beds. All of the beds were very hard. They urgently need to replace the mattresses or at the very least get toppers.
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2019
Response from Neville on 23 Aug 2019
Thanks for you input

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Beautiful views, nice reception & super clean, loved staying there & we will be back
Stayed 2 nights in May 2019
Response from Neville on 5 Jun 2019
Many thanks

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
good location very warm. a bit of road noise but that can't be helped. overall top property would recommend
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2019
Response from Neville on 3 Apr 2019
Thank you

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2019
Response from Neville on 15 May 2019
Thanks

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with family and small children
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great apartment, spacious and well equipped. Perfect location by the beach and easy access into nelson itself. Very warm welcome and team very helpful. Great bar/restaurant attached too!
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2019
Response from Neville on 20 Mar 2019
Thanks

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
The carpet needs replacing, there were terrible stains everywhere.
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2019

10/10 Excellent

David

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Beautiful apartment
A beautiful apartment. Lots of room. A bit of road noise. Well presented and comfortable. Great laundry facilities in apartment.
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2019

8/10 Good

William

Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Good location but no daily housekeeping.
Stayed 3 nights in Jan 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 3 nights in Dec 2018

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with family, Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Just love the view and an excellent apartment to stay in.
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2018

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with family, Travelled with family and small children
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
This place is awesome. Great if you have kids with the parks & beach just across the road. Great coffee down stairs and beautiful well equipped rooms. The only downer is the very busy road can make it very noisey at night in the front bedroom or sitting on the deck.
Stayed 4 nights in Nov 2018

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Close to harbour with nice balcony. Helpful manager.
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2018

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Business traveller
Liked: Room comfort
Very convenient location for tavel in the area and adjacent eateries, walks also every secure. Housekeeping more frequent, only once in days! The apartment was a good size, well appointed and the bed comfortable. The carpets had multiple stains/marks and curtains were not completely attached to th rails, worked ok but not a good look, for the room rate. Overall, a good location and stay
Stayed 6 nights in Nov 2018

8/10 Good

Michelle, Waiheke Island

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nelson Sands
Great scenic place to stay. Nice views, good balcony and quiet bedroom. Good pub downstairs. Would recommend it.
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2018

10/10 Excellent

Andrafaye

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
The 2 bed apartment was beautiful, spacious and comfortable. I would definitely recommend it.
Response from Neville on 2 May 2018
Many thanks. Am pleased you enjoyed your stay

10/10 Excellent

Alan, Hong Kong

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Hotel by the water
We were a party of four that stayed one night. The location was decent — by the water, with the CBD less than 10 minutes away by car. I checked in late, and the building manager was responsive and came to greet me immediately (after hours!) once I called him about my arrival. The apartment was huge, with two rooms and two bathrooms. We did our laundry and cooked a light meal, so the facilities were more than sufficient.
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2018
Response from Neville on 10 Apr 2018
Thanks

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
We arrived later in the day and the front desk made themselves available for us to check in later in the evening. Hotel had a great location and access to the beach, restaurants and other activities. Minor street noise quiets down later in the evening. Room was very clean except for three minor things: food stain on carpet near dining table, old drink straw under sofa, unfolded extra blankets in linen closet. I was surprised to see these things since the room was otherwise immaculate. Would stay again due to easy access to the beach and restaurants.
Response from Neville on 10 Apr 2018
Thanks

10/10 Excellent

Bill, Report beach

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Modern apartment close to beach
Location opposite beach is a plus but it’s a couple of miles out of town. Very comfortable with great views. Only suggestion would be to upgrade bedding. Great patio but quite a bit of traffic noise. Washer dryer a plus. Would stay there again
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2018
Response from Neville on 10 Apr 2018
Thanks

10/10 Excellent

Orla, Brisbane

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Beautiful apartments in a fantastic location
Turned up after 6pm to be greeted by Neville at reception. We were allocated a beautiful well equipped spacious apartment overlooking Tahunanui beach. Very conveniently located to cafes and restaurants. Thank you Neville for a great stay.
Stayed 3 nights in Jan 2018

10/10 Excellent

Carla, Auckland

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Fantastic location with lovely views.
We loved our stay at The Sands, the rooms were spacious and clean. Lots of fantastic places to eat.
Stayed 4 nights in Nov 2017
Response from Neville on 12 Dec 2017
Thanks

10/10 Excellent

Evan

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great view n great room
Beautiful room with plenty of space. Very clean n comfortable. Fabulous view
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2017

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Horizon View
A great location and friendly staff. The unit was lovely but the carpet was in need of a commercial clean. It had a lot of marks in various places. The shower was great. The bedroom was very quiet but had a high window above the bed with constant light from the car park area. It could be a nuisance if you wanted a bedroom with darkness. The bed was excellent and since I have had on going problems with my back I found it great. The lounge also offered different seating options for people with back problems. A lovely outdoor area as well.
Stayed 3 nights in Nov 2017
Response from Neville on 12 Dec 2017
Thanks

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Germans on Tour
I had two co-workers over from Germany to look at work we were undertaking. They were amazed by the view and the standard of the accommodation. A big plus was the restaurant downstairs and proximity to the beach.
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2017
Response from Neville on 12 Dec 2017
Thanks

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Spacious and clean
Spacious, clean and fully furnished apartment. Close to beach and some restaurants
Stayed 3 nights in Nov 2017
Response from Neville on 16 Nov 2017
Thank you