Staying with Sean and Natalie and their beautiful family was so wonderful!
Their ingenious handmade acommodations are nestled around a secret permaculture kitchen farm in the magical Hutt Valley, and they all have little decks for watching sunset from, sturdy heaters to keep you cosy through the mountain nights, and fairy lights that twinkle with the stars.
The whole family, the neighbours and the WOOFers are wonderful too: Sean and Natalie will invite you to join them for singalongs around the (delicious and abundant) dinner table, the kids will teach you secret dessert recipes, the neighbours will direct you to their favourite LOTR-style scenic spots, and Cha Cha the collie will make sure you're delivered to and safely returned from the swimming hole at the river.
The Treehouse is a childhood dream come true!! but also more accessible, because they just built a staircase :)... I wanted to start writing an epic novel, just so I could stay up amongst the treetops forever