RICHARD's room

Rotorua’s safest and most expensive city suburb. Large leafy property. Big ground-floor room, 3 Queen beds well separated, own bathroom, heat pump for winter but beautiful natural cool in summer, total quiet day and night, room can be made as dark as you like at night. Own entrance with own covered deck which has soft furnishing. Covered, seated bus shelter 100 meters from the house –11 minutes to supermarkets and mall – playground adjacent to the bus stop. Share kitchen, laundry (no dryer), lounge with homeowner, 300 a week single, 380 couple, 420 with one child. Board includes electricity, broadband and Sky television in lounge.

NZ-born male, mid-70s, homeowner. Retired, so can work around when you require the kitchen if you have a work or study routine.