The wide and wonderful coastal and country views enhance rural life up near the bush line.

Children can run free and have pets. Graze a few stock or have horses in the paddocks that drop gently below your home. You can keep an eye on them from the big family kitchen which includes a large breakfast bar and a handy office nook. The covered deck off the open plan living is the place for an evening drink as the sun sets over rolling country, ocean views taking in Mayor Island and Mauao. Out to the east native bush disappears into the Kaimai ranges and you can even spot the lights of Rotorua washing up Mount Ngongotaha.

The home is family friendly in every way. Living is spacious and relaxed. Two bathrooms (one en-suite) serve three ground floor double bedrooms while parents get their own haven upstairs. The main house has double garaging while across the yard is a two-bay shed/workshop attached to a one-bedroom flat which is currently rented out.

The north facing, 1.752 hectare block is in two large paddocks - one an easy slope off the home grounds and the other taking in a gully with some trail bike tracks winding up the hill. The property can support up to 25 sheep, or a couple of cows or horses and is efficiently set up for handling with two holding pens and loading bay. There's a small hayshed, a chicken run and also a chiller(negotiable) beside a butcher shed - ideal if want to process meat you've grown or hunted yourself. Living so near the bush line means you can go hunting and tramping a couple of kms up the road.

You become part of a friendly community which deserves its reputation for inclusiveness and focuses on the thriving country school and community centre. If you need the city, central Tauranga is an easy 30minute drive passing through several local villages with their own amenities.