This two-storey house with a 6-bed sleepout and games room is within the "Golden Circle" of Mangawhai - close and within walking distance to the shops, cafes, golf course, museum and amazing kids playground including a skatepark, playground, tennis court, flying fox, bike & running trails, soccer field & fitness trail. A 3-min walk down the road to the estuary (warm water & no waves) and 5-min drive to the ocean beach. Sea views of estuary and ocean. Situated in a quiet and established cul-de-sac just off the main road. The house (upstairs) features a kitchen, dining room and lounge, 2x double bedrooms, 1 single room and a bathroom/shower/toilet. Free WiFi is available to guests and a Smart TV includes Netflix (you will need to logon), and YouTube. A BYO Sky box can be connected to a dedicated HDMI cable. The basement is completely self-contained with a kitchen, dining room/lounge and shower/toilet/bathroom along with 1x double bedroom, 1x bunk room and a double sofa/bed. (The shower is more suited to shorter people and children). The separate self-contained sleepout features a kitchen, dining room and lounge, 1x double bedroom, 1x bedroom with 2 single beds and a bunk room. A Freeview TV and WiFi is available. All rooms have oilfin heaters for heating and most rooms have a fan for summer use. Please turn off these devices when not needed. The spacious deck provides abundant room for dining, entertaining, relaxing and even a bit of sunbathing. Please repect the neighbours by keeping noise to a minimum and behaving very quitely from 10pm onwards. The flat and large section is ideal for parking cars and boats. A large gated deck is ideally suited to outdoor eating and entertaining. Four loungers are available for decadent living. A two-car/boat newly-built garage contains a pool table, table tennis table and the owners fishing boat (Sorry...not for tenant use) Party animals, teen groups, loud music lovers and alcoholics need not apply! New Bookabach guests may be asked for a reference Special conditions: House (sleeps 11) + sleepout (sleeps 6) All beds have mattress protectors, pillows with pillow protectors & duvets. Bring your own linen (towels/sheets/pillowcases/tea towels). Linen and towels can be supplied at a cost of $25/per person/per stay. This will need to be requested well before the stay begins. The basement can get a little musty in wet winter months but a supplied dehumidifier quickly fixes that issue. NOTE: A cleaning fee of $130 is required. Under Kiwi bach tradition, you are still expected to clean and secure the house upon leaving. This includes: All dishes washed and put away (empty the dishwasher) Oven and microwave cleaned Sinks cleaned All items removed from fridge and freezers. Shelves wiped clean Kitchen floor swept Lounger foam pads removed and stacked in dining room. Personal linen removed and duvets folded. All windows and ranchsliders closed and locked. Rubbish bins emptied. Blue council rubbish bags hung on lampost hook. Heaters, fans, heated towel rail and insect repellant devices turned off. Turn off water pump and water heater at hall switchboard. Lower all blinds. Lock ranchslider with key upon leaving. Put keys in the combination lockbox, shut and scramble numbers.