We are deeply touched by the friendly and warm host. Before we moved in, Sandra turned on the heater and electric blanket for us. You can imagine how nice and warm we felt after a long day drive in the rain. It felt like home! When the gas for hot water ran out, Sandra hurried to drive out getting gas in a rainy and cold night and be back in just less than 10 minutes. It's a separate house with a lot of privacy but not separate from the caring of the host. Milk, coffee and tea are provided. There are fridge, microwave oven, dinnerware in the house. The huge bathtub is such a bonus to relax ourselves. Lake Taupo is a place worth 2-3 days' stay. It's more beautiful than we thought and many sites to tour around this area such as De Bretts, Rotorua. It's such a pity we stayed for just one night. It's far from enough. I think we'll come to Taupo again and we definitely wish to stay at Sandra's. Thank you Sandra, for everything you did for us:)