The house is located in the most beautiful rural setting, truly peacful. It has a deck where you can sit back and listen to the sound of birds. I highly recommend taking a detour from SH1 and enjoy this scenic road. The house itself is old (as in the description) with all the disadvantages of an old big villa - a bit dark and cold. this is to be expected. There is a new log burner in the house (the only source of heating able to heat a place like this) but it was out of order and there was no other efficient source of heating - so we were cold. So that is why I can't give it a full rating.