What a fantastic place! The highlight at the end of our two week holiday. Very clean, spacious, super comfy beds and the view had even our teenagers stunned. So glad we didn’t stay at Paihia. We had three days at Ant’s place, spent one day sailing the bay on the Vigilant (do yourself a favour and sail on the bay, without crowds or boat motor noise), went a few times on the short drive to Russell for ice cream, dinner and shopping; swam at Longbeach, hiked a couple of bush walks- but the best part was always coming back to the deck.
There is a bit of traffic noise in the day time from the road that winds around the bay, but the place has complete visual privacy from the neighbours and the road.
The sofas might not be the most comfy ones, but we spent all our time on bean bags or on the bay window seats reading, playing Rummikub or just being lazy- holiday bliss. We did not turn the TV on at all, a first for our kids! Just radio, books and games…
Highly recommend, so worth it.