Can two or three families stay here without living on top of each other?

That is what the layout is for. It sleeps eight to twelve across four bedrooms and four bathrooms, the secondary bedroom wing closes off behind its own entrance, more than one guest area has a kitchenette, and there are three distinct sitting rooms: the great room, the games loft and a second upstairs lounge.

Is there room for everyone to eat together?

Yes. There is a long timber dining table indoors beside the kitchen island, island seating in addition to it, and a six-seat table outside on the deck. The rooftop terrace has a barbecue and lounge seating for the evening.

What is there for people to do at the house?

Table tennis in the loft, deck and lawn games, a gas fire bowl and a hot tub on the rooftop terrace, a ground-level fire ring, and open field to walk. Several bedrooms have their own fireplace and television.

Can guests who cannot manage stairs stay comfortably?

There is an elevator between floors, which is unusual in a house like this. We are confirming exactly which bedrooms and bathrooms are reachable without stairs before we describe the property as step-free, so please ask and we will be specific.

Looking down into the great room from the upper landing, over the fireplace, dining table and kitchen island

Group and multi-family stays

A large group under one roof, without being on top of each other.

Sleeps eight to twelve, with a bedroom wing that closes off behind its own entrance, four bathrooms and three separate sitting rooms. Room for everyone, and room to get away from everyone.

Plan your group stay

Sleeps: Eight to twelve
Bathrooms: Four
Second wing: Locks off, own entrance
Between floors: Garage-to-roof elevator

Why it works

Four places to be.

Most large cottage rentals are one big room and a lot of bedrooms. That is fine for a weekend and wearing by day three, because there is nowhere to go that is not the room everybody else is in.

This house is arranged differently, and one feature does most of the work: the secondary bedroom wing closes off, partially or completely, and has its own separate entrance. A second family can come and go without walking through anybody’s evening. Grandparents get a side of the house rather than a spare room.

Four bathrooms across four bedrooms means the mornings are not a queue, and there is more than one kitchen, so a six a.m. bottle does not wake the house.

The great room

Two storeys of board-formed concrete, a plank timber ceiling and a glass wall onto the deck. The kitchen and the long table are part of the same room, so whoever is cooking is still in the conversation.

Everyone, at once.

A table tennis table in the upper loft with sofas either side under a plank timber ceiling

The games loft

One floor up, with table tennis and sofas on both sides and a glass rail over the room below. Close enough to hear what is going on. Far enough to start something else.

The teenagers claim this by day two.

A quiet upstairs sitting room with sofas, a glazed hutch and a long ribbon window

The second lounge

Quieter again, along the upstairs landing — sofas, a glazed hutch and a long ribbon window. This is where whoever has had enough of table tennis ends up with a book.

Somewhere to not be sociable.

Rooftop seating around a lit fire bowl, with loungers and chairs facing the view over the treetops

The roof

Turf underfoot, glass on all four sides, a hot tub, a fire bowl and a barbecue, with the escarpment across the horizon. Whatever anyone planned for the evening, this is where it happens.

And then everyone comes back together.

The questions groups ask

Straight answers, including the awkward ones.

Sleeping: Eight to twelve people across four bedrooms, with four bathrooms between them. Eight have a bed in a bedroom; the house takes twelve. The exact bed configuration is confirmed on enquiry so you get an answer shaped to your group rather than a number to interpret.
Eating together: A long indoor dining table beside the island, island seating, a six-seat table on the deck, and a barbecue on the roof.
Kitchens: A full main kitchen with a gas range and full-size appliances, plus additional kitchenettes in more than one guest area.
Bathrooms: Four. The primary ensuite has a freestanding soaker tub, a dual shower and a separate toilet vestibule; the rest are spread through the house so no two households share one.
Laundry: On site, which matters on a stay longer than a weekend.
Parking: Confirmed on enquiry. There is a long private drive and an attached garage. (detail to be confirmed)
Privacy: The house stands alone on open ground at the end of its own drive, on a rise above the road.
Getting around: An elevator between floors, and some bedrooms open straight onto the lawn at ground level.

The outdoor dining table on the deck under a wide sky of scattered cloud

The evening

The roof settles it.

By the second night there is a rhythm to it. Someone lights the fire bowl, someone else is in the hot tub, the barbecue is on, and the last of the light goes down behind the escarpment.

There is enough seating that nobody is perched on an arm, and enough room that the people who want to talk and the people who want to watch the sky are not in each other’s way.

Tell us who is coming.

Numbers, ages, how many households, and roughly when. We will come back with availability and how we would divide the house up for you.

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Group stay questions

Can two or three families stay here without living on top of each other?: That is what the layout is for. It sleeps eight to twelve across four bedrooms and four bathrooms, the secondary bedroom wing closes off behind its own entrance, more than one guest area has a kitchenette, and there are three distinct sitting rooms: the great room, the games loft and a second upstairs lounge.
Is there room for everyone to eat together?: Yes. There is a long timber dining table indoors beside the kitchen island, island seating in addition to it, and a six-seat table outside on the deck. The rooftop terrace has a barbecue and lounge seating for the evening.
What is there for people to do at the house?: Table tennis in the loft, deck and lawn games, a gas fire bowl and a hot tub on the rooftop terrace, a ground-level fire ring, and open field to walk. Several bedrooms have their own fireplace and television.
Can guests who cannot manage stairs stay comfortably?: There is an elevator between floors, which is unusual in a house like this. We are confirming exactly which bedrooms and bathrooms are reachable without stairs before we describe the property as step-free, so please ask and we will be specific.