We had a lovely and relaxing time staying at Julia's over the New Years Holiday. The house allowed for a fantastic mix of indoor and outdoor flow, and we spent the majority of our time relaxing and chatting on the huge deck, with it's peaceful outlook. Julia was fantastic at communicating with me, and left out a mix of children's toys for the little people we had in our group, the area is really secure so the children could run around easily. The house is a 15 minute drive to Warkworth, and subsequently nicely placed close to both Auckland and the eastern and western beaches - we tried out quite a few different areas during our stay. We'd love to stay again :)