Loved that it was close to the village & on a beautiful property. Carla communicated very well, highly responsive & had great local recommendations. She even came to visit us with her dogs & brought us some pancakes. The only downside that we had, we’re there were a lot of spiders and bugs in the house. It made it very uncomfortable for us and our kids. We also were there on Sun & Mon when many of the village shops and restaurants were closed then on a country holiday Tues so we didn’t get to enjoy the local food as much as we wanted too. I would recommend to check on those two things prior to going. We did go to a beach that Carla recommended and Charlie’s ice cream shop which was delish! Overall, we had a nice stay in Matakana.