The house is lovely, modern and super tidy with absolutely stunning views and a handy location only 15 mins drive from Havelock and handy to Keneparu Sounds and Anakiwa for easy access to the Queen Charlotte Track. There is a beach a few minutes away down a steep embankment or a little bit longer away along a lovely bush track. What none of the previous reviews mentioned is that the house sits on the busy Queen Charlotte Drive. It is noisy and steadily busy throughout the day with trucks using the road to get to Picton. The house is only slightly elevated, overlooks the road, and there is a steep set of stairs to the house which is worth noting if you are travelling with bags or elderly. It was a bonus to have Sandra's kayaks to use but be prepared for a workout taking the kayaks down to the water and back up the steep track (although it was worth it for us!).
Also if your checkout is 10am the cleaner will be there at 9.50 am in our instance and started cleaning around us as we rushed to get out.
We did have a lovely stay, the views are stunning and Sandra is so helpful and responsive but unfortunately for us, the noise and presence of that road was disappointing. I'm not sure why no one else has mentioned it.