My partner and I had a wonderful stay at Nicolas place. Close 10mins drive to main Taupo city centre, the cafe up the road L’arte’ is definitely worth checking out and going to for brunch + coffee. The place had accurate details of amenities and small yet cozy enough for a weekend getaway. It was an extension built within their property but felt private enough away from their main house. The animals made it feel so peaceful and we were lucky enough to see the Milky Way at night - highlight of it all! Great communication. Very clean place and we were so happy to use the grill BBQ, out on the deck, cooking our meals at night. Easy checkin and checkout process, the speaker to stream our music was a bonus. Thank you!