We had an amazing stay at Matt and Sarah's house - the house itself was spotless on arrival and check in was very straightforward and flexible. Matt and Sarah were super friendly, provided some great recommendations on local activities, and even gave us a taste of some of the fruit growing on the property (Thanks for the strawberry guavas)! Communication was superb.
The house has all the amenities you need for a relaxed beach vacation and also has a large, fenced back yard that was perfect to let the kids play in without being worried about them.
Getting to the beach was a breeze going via the 'beach access' paths which were definitely shorter than the 500m that google maps indicates and walking into the village for groceries and food was equally close. On Sunday we popped to the Waihi Market which is a 5 minute walk the other direction to a local reserve.
We had a great time at Waihi beach and would love to come back to Health Retreat Waihi Beach!