For rent: a $220 a week room on Auckland's North Shore complete with a "summer kitchen".
The room on Salisbury Rd, Birkdale, is advertised on Trade Me as a large, cosy room with insulation and new carpet in a quiet and friendly neighbourhood. It also boasts a summer kitchen -revealed in the accompanying pictures as sink and benchtop outside.
The owner, who would only identify himself as Toni, said the outdoor area was an asset.
"I called it a summer kitchen because it has a covered area," he said. "It is my most favourite spot, it's always sunny."
Photographs posted on the advertisement showed the summer kitchen as a red benchtop with a tin sink and single tap in an enclosed outdoor area.
The area was sectioned off from the garden with gravel underfoot.
The listing said the room also has a bathroom and room for off-street parking, storage space in a shed and the opportunity to grow vegetables in the fully fenced backyard. Pets are welcome.
"It's a big 24-squared metre room, it's a big studio with a bathroom and toilet," said Toni.