Ratings based on 24 Verified Reviews
4.8 Room cleanliness
5.0 Service & staff
4.9 Room comfort
4.9 Hotel condition
Expedia Verified Reviews
by A verified traveler
Beautiful stay in a gorgeous setting!
Posted 21 Mar 2020 on HotelsI was well cared for at the House with No Nails! The property is beautiful & clean, & in a gorgeous rural setting set amidst mountains, big blue skies, & farm animals. The house is an easy 25 minute drive from the Hobbiton set in Matamata, which was my plan while in this area of NZ. Highly recommended!
Comment from Hotel Management
22 Mar 2020 by housewithnonails, Hotel Management
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
by A verified traveler
Posted 5 Mar 2020
Jen and Dowi are fantastics hosts. They are so careful about your wills to make you feal at home . The house is so nice and unusual.
Comment from Hotel Management
14 Mar 2020 by housewithnonails, Hotel Management
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
by A verified traveler
Can't praise it enough
Posted 2 Feb 2020 on HotelsWhat a lovely finding! Staying with Jen and Dewi was an absolute pleasure. Everything at The House With No Nails is done with such love and care. It was a unique and amazing experience. Thank you for making me feel like home from the time I arrived until the last minute. And thank you for sharing such beautiful moments with me. I will always remember this place, its stories, but mostly its people.
Comment from Hotel Management
19 Feb 2020 by housewithnonails, Hotel Management
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
by A verified traveler
Posted 26 Jan 2020
Comment from Hotel Management
28 Jan 2020 by housewithnonails, Hotel Management
thankyou kindly for your amazing response to our gift of hospitality. kind regards jen
by A verified traveler
Posted 4 Jan 2020 on Hotels
A last minute find but definitely one of the highlights!
Comment from Hotel Management
9 Jan 2020 by housewithnonails, Hotel Management
thankyou so much for your kind words
by A verified traveler
Posted 29 Oct 2019
Jen was phenomenal. Incredible property manager, person, and host. Incredible house, the PERFECT place to stay if one is planning a Hobbiton visit. Not to be missed!
Comment from Hotel Management
15 Nov 2019 by jen, Hotel Management
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
by A verified traveler
Posted 13 Jul 2019 on Hotels
The host Jen was very welcoming and full of advice about the local area and what to visit and where to eat.The rooms were perfect and the shower was amazing. At great place to wake up in and to end the day. I would love to return here if we every visit again.
Comment from Hotel Management
4 Aug 2019 by Jen, Hotel Management
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
by A verified traveler
The best of the best
Posted 13 May 2019 on HotelsAmazing place with a piece of quiet. Unique design and building with different themes in each room. The owners showed the best of hospitality to all guests. They set the bar high which is definitely from their hearts. Sitting at the backyard and enjoying wonderful breakfast with spectacular view. This is always one of the unforgettable experiences in my life. Thank you for all stories you shared and gave us a refreshing mind!
Comment from Hotel Management
15 May 2019 by Housewithnonails , Hotel Management
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
by A verified traveler
Posted 24 Apr 2019 on Hotels
Comment from Hotel Management
24 Apr 2019 by Jen, Hotel Management
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
by A verified traveler
Posted 7 Apr 2019
This stay was a highlight of my trip. The hosts were most welcoming and informative about the area. The house is unusual. The owner builder was happy to explain the construction method. I am very glad I chose too stay at this property.
Comment from Hotel Management
9 Apr 2019 by jen, Hotel Management
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
