Louise was an extremely gracious, kind, and immaculate host. Melissa and I again (common theme...) arrived rather late, but after some guesswork about the driveways we found Louise up and happy to escort us across the lawn to park in front of the cottage for easy unpacking. It is completely detached from her/their home, and sits overlooking a beautiful field. The cottage itself has a lot of character and history, is clean and excellently appointed, is very sunny, and is surrounded by flowers; also, a cute and quaint patio with chairs and a table out front are provided, encouraging you to slow things down and enjoy the scenery. And what scenery: situated on the grounds of her family's farm, the cottage's hill overlooks acres of planted fruit trees, and is almost touched by some GIANT hardwood trees straight out of a "Country Living" magazine. It was unbelievably quiet at night, with zero light pollution, and the midnight walk we took through the field under the full moon and skyful of stars was one of my favorite memories from our two weeks in New Zealand. We slept with flowers brushing the open windows, and woke up to birdcalls. Louise had left us a bowl brimming with fruit picked on her property: beautiful apples, pears, passionfruit, and the best and freshets avocados I've ever had. Preparing to leave, we appreciated Louise's practical printed instructions: please clean up after yourself (strip beds/pillows, clean surfaces, make sure toilet is clean), or if you'd rather not, please leave $30 NZD. We opted for the former, but appreciated having options nonetheless. The nearby restaurant "The Long Table" is an absolute MUST, and was our favorite breakfast of the whole vacation. The location is perfect, at the Southeast "base" of the beautiful Coromandel peninsula, and leaves plenty of options to spend a sunny, cloudy, or rainy day. Can't say enough good things about this place. For those couples or families seeking a quiet, private, cozy night, this place would be very hard to beat. Thanks Louise for a wonderful stay!