Pauls place is in a great location for visiting the small town. We walked in to do activities (Spa, mini golf, bike hire) and it takes less than 10 minutes. There's a four squares in town to get food basics and lots of places to eat, some on the more expensive side but some cheep ones too. If you get a chance grab breakfast and a muffin from Rustic Café and Tapas Bar- delish.
The home at Alpine Avenue is well laid out, the bathroom needs some updating and TLC as does the kitchen, it was a little chilly in the evenings but once you get the wood burner on the go it warms up nicely (assuming you know how to light a fire) and there are enough quilts/blankets to keep you warm in bed at night. It would have been really helpful to have had an information folder left on how to work things such as the TV/DVD player, Microwave, log burner. We hired linen from the management company as we were touring NZ and it wasn't practical or possible for us to bring our own, however the linen we received, whilst clean, was very startchy and scatchy to sleep on which was a shame. Overall the house has a very much basic log cabin in the woods feel, with beautiful views over the mountains and a rope swing in the garden (Kids loved this). I think this has the potential to be a magical place to stay if it was updated and guests were made to feel more at home rather than a business transaction by Hanmer homes. Paul was super helpful when booking and excellent with communication.