we are so thrilled you felt cared for in our home. Yes the setting is absolutely breathtaking with those amazing stretch of mountians. The sunsets at night actually make our guests stand still and just want to soak in its stunning nature show!!! Access to Hobbiton is a big plus for us, because so many of our guests want to go there. The quick direct 20 minute drive allows safe parking and quick boarding on the tour buses down into the set. kind regards and thanks for the high recommendation. jen

those words are so kind and we are very grateful for the opportunity to have hosted you with passion and pride of doing this in beautifuo Aotearoa. please feel welcome to come again. jen and dewi

DEAR JOAO, what a pleasure to have both met and recieved you as our guest over night in our beautiful houswithnonails!!! sharing it with you and most of all sharing such meaningful conversation was the absolute highlight of your visit with us. You left us with many great ideas to implement having found them yourself in all your wonderful travels. thankyou for being such an inspiration

thankyou kindly for your amazing response to our gift of hospitality. kind regards jen

thankyou so much for your kind words

dear Charles, thankyou for choosing to stay with us in our handcrafted barn set in a field under the kaimai ranges. it was our pleasure to host you both and our hope is that you will return one day and once again we can show you what good kiwi hospitality is really like. go well in your travels. kind regards jen and Dewi

Dear Mira. It was a pleasure to host you in our home. We are thrilled you felt welcomed and you were able to re ieve advice you needed. We are passionate about our area and want people to really experience the Bush walks, movie set tour, geysers and beautiful city gardens on offer. Please Do return and we will spoil you

Your words are truly inspiring. From a hosting point of view we are so thrilled you felt the peace and quiet our home provided you with its beautiful landscape. We are proud to tell our story of how the house was made from local trees with only a mallet and chisel. To think this has inspired you is truly worth it. Thankyou for coming. It was a pleasure showing you our very best kiwi hospitality. Jen and Dewi

Dear guests. It was a real erasure to receive you as a group stay over night. Thankyou for choosing the housewithnonails to visit Matamata on route from Rotorua to Auckland. We loved your passion for our unique wooden stay and industrial bathroom experience. We had a lot of fun and laughter the next morning taking photos. Kind regards Jen and Dewi

wow, what a compliment that housewithnonails was the highlight of your trip. We are thrilled you felt welcomed and informed, and went away glad you came. It is said that hospitality is the love of strangers and i would add this, strangers have become friends because they stayed here. We are passionate about our home being that unusual experience guests can add to their New Zealand adventures. The art of timberframing whereby local trees have been hand hewn with only a chisel and mallet using ancient building methods is a story in itself. Staying overnight in its country chic interior, touching the wood, smelling the linseed oil, showering in the concrete industrial bathroom with its rainfall shower, sitting on the lawn under those panoramic mountians is another amazing moment- and it was our pleasure to give you all of this in a homestay. kind regards and thanks for your thoughtful words Jen and Dewi

Thankyou for your kind words of review. We are thrilled your stay was wonderful and that you would consider returning. we look forward to extending our hospitality once again to you in the future so you can enjoy this amazing countryside setting.

thankyou so much for those kind words. we would love to host you again one day Leslie. we love the outdoors and all the wonderful walks around the local area and more than anything hope to make our gruests aware of the huge potential housewithnonails is for a base for a few days. You can walk North islands highest waterfall bushwalk. Climb Mount te Aroha and then soak in hot mineral tubs. You can kayak under the stars and see glow worms up the karapiro river. ofcourse there is the famous Hobbiton movie set. The geothermal activities are 40 minutes drive away and the other day we discovered beautiful kerosine creek where you can soak in a natural hot stream. wow!!! so much and more to see when you come again.

how wonderful you felt that kiwi hosipitality and charming countryside lifestyle we experience here in new Zealand and love to offer our guests. The ability to be in a local home and feel a part of the family for a day IS the experience !!!! we often have the cows around the house field and you can watch them grazing. The mountain views are so soothing and guests just love to sit in the old fashioned canvas chairs with a glass of cold beer and relax!!!! soaking in the countryside for a moment of queitness and peace on their travels.its no unusual for guests to book one night and stay three jen

wow thrilled you enjoy the brilliant starry skies we experience nearly every night. The milky way is incredible this part of the world. We offer our guest pure wool blankets to wrap themselves in so they can sit out under the stars and really soak in the universe. Thrilled you felt the warm welcome we give out guests. Every one is so special to us and we love to give them the hisoty of our handmade house made from local trees that fell in cyclone bola, then employing an ancient building method dewi used only a mallet and chisel to construct the beamwork which later came together fastened with a hand hewn tree nail at the joinery on one fine barn raising day.This is a Very rare and unique experience to stay in a handcrafted timberframe house due to the fact there is not many in the country. Dewi built this first one and later was asked to build more. Thanks for alerting us to the small hole in the bathroom door where an old lock was placed. We have responded to your request and filled the holes and future guests will not be able to see in or out - privacy reins!!!!! Glad you enjoyed our very special home made breakfast using local producers. Farm fresh eggs, local bacon, tomatoes and mushrooms on wholemeal bread straight out of the oven. We love serving the apple juice from the orchards. Good local screts instead of touristy sites is our passion, and we were thrilled to share those secrets- kyacking up the river under the stars and seeing glow owrms in the banks. Walking north islands tallest waterfall bushwalk ten min utes away with torches. Visitng hobbiton movie set for its famous ale. and so much more!!!! thanks for comeing and pelase come again. dont forget the @ windows walk@ in the karangahake gorge where you walk the tunnels with a light and descend onto the gorge before having a fun eat at the falls cafe.

wow thanks for those lovely words and we are thrilled you felt the warmth of our genuinely wonderful hosting. we love people and we love travel and to share our very uniquely handcrafted home in such a beautiful countryside setting under the mountains is such a joy!!!!! when we see people sitting in the canvas chairs on the lawn just soaking up the peace and quiet with a cold drink in hand we know they are happy. they book one night and decide to stay three realizing its a great base to explore the region. Hobbiton movie set. The tallest waterfall bush walk in the north island. The geothermal activities of the Rotorua. Someone went on the worlds first computerized rail cruiser the other day which took them for an hours drive into the NZ bush. Another did the walks around the old goldmines in the famous historic karangahake gorge . Another draw card is the Hamilton city gardens where every room represents a country- an amazing place to visit. Others took a picnic to the raglan black sands and watched people surf!!!! so much to do and such a neat location. Love to see you come back and see more.kind regards

dear Chelsea, thankyou so much for sharing how much you enjoyed your stay with us at the housewithnonails. yes please do return and lets give you and your family a real " kiwi hosipitality" experience here in the countryside.

dear Michele to see guests sit out in such a tranquil setting with views over the fields to the mountains in the sunshine and peacefulness eating breakfast and enjoying the housewithnonails is why we love to share our home kind regards jen and dewi

Dear Valerie John and girls. Thankyou for choosing to stay with us and bringing a little of your life stories and friendship with you. That's why we love hosting strangers. Friendships are birthed. Thrilled our central North Island location enabled you to explore with such adventure. Local knowledge provides the little details so worth carrying through. Yes the waterfall is beautiful natural Bush and flora

Wow!!! So thrilled you loved the housewithnonails story and setting. Sharing this piece of architectural gem where you realize trees became beams on three levels with a hand hewn tree nail fastening it. And you feel the lime on the walls and smell the linseed oil. Rub. But most of all you joined us for that outdoor dinner with candlelight. A medley of roast veg thrown into the oven with sprigs of rosemary and sprinkling of seasalt. Fun!!!!!

Dear Guest it has been our pleasure to receive you to stay briefly with us here in our home. The "housewithnonails" is a unique experience wherein the guest enjoys the natural aesthetics of a home created from locally sourced wood, slaked lime applied in a traditional finish, hand forged metal fixtures, and beautiful leather and linen accessories. Its those finishing touches of hedgerow pickings set in a zinc tub on a coffee table, with views over fields looking into the kaimai ranges. A platter showcasing locally hand made cheeses shared with a glass of crafted New Zealand wine. This is a centrally located North island destination that allows the guest quick access to sandy beaches, native bushwalks, geyser wonderlands, a famous movie set in shirelike countryside, and so much more. Thanks for the brilliant review and it has been a pleasure being helpful and supportive of your visit so you were able to get the mosty out of this amazing setting

Hye Mee Yee we are thrilled you enjoyed your visit to the housewithnonails. It was an absolute pleasure hosting you and we hope you take away fond memories of staying in a totally handcrafted home in Central North island new zealand with its amazing views of the fields and mountains and starry skies at night. kind regards and please come again

We are please you liked the house and location Rob