STUDIO AMENITIES
A FEW EXTRAS!
BREAKFAST - please see the main navigation menu for choices. Breakfast options are available if ordered in advance. If you didn't tell us when you booked but would like this option, text Keri (02108724885) before 6.00 pm to order for the next day.
BREAKFAST PAYMENT: NB: This is additional to your AirBnB payment and can't be paid for via Airbnb. We are unable to manage cash payments unfortunately so please deposit payments via Internet Banking to Account: RUA@Bluff: 38-9020-0427547-04 when you order and use your surname as the reference.
LINEN: The following linen is provided:
- Bed linen: quality bed sheets and duvets
- Towels
- Kitchen: Tea Towels & dishcloths
EXTRA BED: If you ordered and paid for an extra guest (or an extra bed) when you booked, your comfortable single trundler bed and extra bedding, will have been placed in your Studio. We also have a Portacot available on request.
PETS: Pets are not allowed in the studio or anywhere on the property.
SECURITY LIGHTING: We take extra care with your security (not that we have ever had any reason to be concerned). Outdoor security lights (with video) are installed to protect your vehicle and property. These operate with motion sensors. The switch to ensure the front light works is by the ranchslider inside Studio 1. If you are a guest in Studio 1, please ensure this switch remains ON at all times. If you are a guest in Studio 2 and find the outdoor lights are not working, please send a text message to Keri 02108724885.
SMOKING: Smoking is not permitted inside the unit. You may smoke outside the building.
SUSTAINABLE & ECO-FRIENDLY
RUA at Bluff is committed to implementing a sound sustainability programme and to being eco-friendly wherever practicable. We support the Tiaki Promise. Tiaki invites us all to look at the world through a Māori lens, to form a deeper connection with place, and to reflect this in our attitudes and behaviours. (https://www.tiakinewzealand.com)
Our sustainability programme includes, but is not limited to, the following:
Eliminating packaging where possible and tins, glass, paper and plastics are all sorted and recycled to a council recycling programme. A recycling bin is provided in your studio.
Our studios are double-glazed to conserve energy in all seasons and provide a pleasant and quiet environment in which to stay.
An energy-efficient heat pump generates heating.
If you are staying for more than one night, we can provide you with fresh towels on request. In line with our eco-friendly commitment, we won't provide new towels every day.
Our toiletries are made by Ecostore, who specialise in products that are cruelty-free and made from naturally derived ingredients that are safer and more sustainable.
Our eco-friendly cleaning products are sourced from WILL&ABLE, a social enterprise initiative by Altus Enterprises who provide over 200 jobs for people with mental and physical disabilities. WILL&ABLE offer a 360⁰ solution, beginning with bottles made from recycled plastic milk bottles with a ‘return to sender’ programme that repurposes them again.
Complimentary cooking and bathroom products are in ‘top-up’ containers, to eliminate plastic ‘throw away’ bottles.
Our toilets are dual flush in order to conserve water.
Bin-liners are biodegradable.
Our 6 For Good luxury toilet paper is sustainably sourced and FSC certified. For every carton we purchase, 6 For Good donates to six NZ charities that support our children. As parents, grandparents, and long-term educators these causes are dear to our hearts.
MĀORI-MADE / NZ-MADE
We have been committed to supporting other Māori and Aotearoa New Zealand businesses in the development of RUA at Bluff. You will notice some of these goods and services in your Studio.
Click on the image to go to the business that supplies these goods and services to RUA@Bluff
AHO CREATIVE | New Zealand Indigenous Design Rauru Cushion Covers
THE PLANT STORE, INVERCARGILL We asked The Plant Store to design a completely new garden at our home with only NZ native grasses and plants. We hope you enjoy it
WILL & ABLE Eco-friendly cleaning products creating jobs for Kiwis with disabilities
ECOSTORE Cruelty free, cleaning, body-care, and laundry products made in NZ from naturally derived ingredients.
6 FOR GOOD Luxury toilet tissue supporting 6 charities for Children in New Zealand
THE ECO SOCIETY Amber glass pump bottles for toiletries