This place ticked all the boxes when we came for a few nights last week.
Unfortunately the biggest storm rolled through so we entertained ourselves with Netflix but it was regretable that we couldn't swim at the beach. Only have Mother Nature to blame for that!
We feel the distance to the beach might have been oversold ("short stroll") which is probably accurate going there, but coming back you would struggle hiking up the driveway! No biggie for us due to the weather but we would have driven rather than haul gear back after a beach day. We couldn't find the path to the "hidden gem" beach either unless that was the path with the houses down it?! Didn't want to creep around too much haha.
The viewing platform and deck were both equally great spots for a lounge in the sun (we had a few hours of this luckily!)
It would have been good to have the heads up that we had to take our rubbish away with us as we were going the opposite direction from Kaeo Transfer Station so left us in a bit of a last minute jam. All sorted in the end however.
There is a manual of instruction booklets, however there is not one for the oven that we could find, so to avoid confusion you'll have to google to get it to work for you as it wasn't intuitive. There is no microwave.
This is a beautiful property with sweeping views of the bay and was a fantastic place to get away from everything and just chill.