Where to start with this review!!! Mount Hanover is a dream. Seeing the photos on the site I had an idea that there would be some lovely rooms and then some less lovely rooms. Boy was I wrong. When I walked in the door I was actually agape. I don't think I've ever used that word before. My sister said she almost started crying.......it was so beautiful. So beautiful. It is better than it is in the pictures. No words of photos could do it justice. I did several tours of the house while I was there, because every single room is an experience in itself, even the bathrooms. It is so perfectly restored as a stately home. Yet even though it's so fancy and almost museum like, it is surprisingly homely and cosy at the same time. Every bedroom is beautiful. And huge. Every room is beautiful and huge. And then there's the private swimming pool.........and sauna......and tennis courts......the conservatory....I could go on and on. The pool was a big highlight for us, we were in and out twice a day, and the tennis courts got a lot of use due to good weather, we didn't even have enough time to take full advantage of the games room downstairs. Which was stocked with lego and other kids toys, really brilliant for the kids. Tonnes of board games too. We brought our own food but got Tim the chef to cook a bbq for us on Saturday night which was delicious and so convenient and stress free and reasonably priced, highly recommend using him if you're staying there. When we went to book the house originally I was hesitant because of the expense. However, it was totally worth the money. Not only because if we had booked family rooms in a hotel and had to pay for meals and drinks out for everyone it probably would not have been that much cheaper, and the bonus of having privacy, no time restrictions on pool/courts any of it, and so much space in a fantasy house, it was worth every penny and we are grateful to Angus and his family for letting us stay. We hope to make it an annual or at least bi annual trip. WELL WORTH IT.