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Bay of Islands Beach House is an excellent choice for travellers visiting Paihia, offering a romantic environment alongside many helpful amenities designed to enhance your stay.
Guest rooms offer a kitchenette and a refrigerator, and Bay of Islands Beach House makes getting online easy as free wifi is available.
In addition, guests can enjoy a hot tub and barbeque facilities during their visit. As an added convenience, there is free parking available to guests.
For those interested in checking out popular landmarks while visiting Paihia, Bay of Islands Beach House is located a short distance from Opua Forest Lookout Track (0.6 mi) and Waitangi Treaty Grounds (1.7 mi).
While in Paihia be sure to experience local schnitzel favourites at Waterfront Restaurant & Bar.
If you are interested in exploring Paihia, check out an architectural building, such as St Paul's Anglican Church.
Star ratings are intended to indicate the general level of features, amenities, and services to expect. This property is classified according to Giata.
HOTEL STYLE
Family
Bay View
Languages Spoken
English, Dutch, German, Thai
Location
16B Sullivans Road, Paihia 0200 New Zealand
Bay of Islands Beach House
68 reviews
Getting there
Somewhat walkable
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We stayed for two nights at The Ferns on our honeymoon. I loved the indoor/outdoor space, and the view was magnificent. It felt secluded, even though it was part of a larger building. We caught both sunrises and sunsets, and each were spectacular. An easy walk along the beach to the town for meals - although I would recommend having a flashlight in the evening. Fair warning - there was no AC. The host made us feel welcome.
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Date of stay: February 2020
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We had 3 nights at this excellent apartment overlooking the sea. Two bedrooms. Double and twin. The double faced out to the sea and onto the balcony. The twin was at the back. The kitchen facilities were very good. It had a sauna we did not use and washing facilities that we did use. It's about 80 steps down to the beach. There had been so much rain that the water was not at its best. The host is very welcoming and helpful. He lives above and there is another apartment below. Town facilities very close but you need to be aware of very step driveway to the property which has to be negotiated each time you go out. Walking to the top of the drive is a good workout as we had friends staying nearby and they had a difficult commute. But worth it.
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Date of stay: January 2023Trip type: Travelled with friends
Room Tip:Â The driveway is very steep indeed. It requires a 3 point turn half way down and at the bottom to...
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What a beautiful apartment this was. A view to rival anything in the world in our opinion. The apartment is exceptional with top class inclusions, coffee machine, gorgeous lounge area and a huge balcony overlooking the bay.
Everything inside is great quality and so comfortable.
A set of stairs leads down to a stunning bay to walk along or enjoy a swim. It truly is a paradise found.
The owner Theo is so friendly and helpful. He cannot do enough to make your stay just perfect.
We absolutely loved this stay on our month on the north island and recommend highly for a couple stay.
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Date of stay: March 2023Trip type: Travelled as a couple
Room Tip:Â If you use gps to locate, park outside apartment 30 and ring Theo, he zips down on his Vespa to...
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We stayed in the 2 bedroom apartment - great size, large kitchen, large lounge and beautiful views. Unfortunately the access lets the place down. The properly is at the bottom of a 3 section driveway which is incredibly steep. Parking down there is shocking, if there’s a car already down the blind driveway good luck turning around. We were stuck down there for a good 40-45minutes trying to get our car (brand new Kia Sportage) up the last steep hill to the gate when leaving the property one of the days after heavy rain. Our cars both have the technology, they’re not old, and it was a real mission, we were anxious to return. There is no parking at the top, no footpath or handrails to walk it. The owner did help us but We were also told that he had never seen a thing like this before (us getting stuck) but right next to us was parked some form of ATV with 4 mega wheels either side and a pulley on the front. So you did wonder how they get on. The corners of the driveway are also so terrible we’ve both returned home with damages to our vehicles. This ended up being a stressful stay, sadly.
(I will thank the owner though as on the last night we had kids with us which were not planned and he was politely flexible with that).
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Date of stay: January 2023
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Trip type: Travelled as a couple
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Our apartment was Sea Shells and the view was awesome. The apartment had been built and decorated to a very high standard. We did have a number of problems, no wifi, no tv signal No bbq gas but in each case Theo was on hand to try and sort. There was only one sunbed and that had seen better days. So not everything went smoothly but the view was fantastic.
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Date of stay: January 2023Trip type: Travelled as a couple
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We stayed for three nights in a two bedroom apartment. Superb views and very roomy clean
apartment. Theo was an excellenthost who couldn’t have been more helpful. The steep driveway is a bit of a disadvantage but the privacy and views are worth it. There are steps down to the beach which are quite steep and would be greatly improved if the handrail went all the way down.
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Date of stay: March 2021Trip type: Travelled as a couple
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We stayed for 3 nights in February 2021. Great greeting from our host, who was very kind and very helpful. The room was lovely, nice decor, very roomy, comfy bed, with a great deck and views. the beach a short talk down the hill and track had lovely golden sand and very private. We walked along the beach every day and night, and it was an easy walk. If you missed the tide it was a hike up the hill!!
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Date of stay: February 2021
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This is a highly deceptive property with terrible access to town. Although we were not happy with either the location or the quality of the apartment, the owner took payment without our consent as soon as we arrived.
The owner bundles a number of properties together - with the nicer, more modern ones prominent in the photos.
Here's the full story:
Upon arriving we were told to park, in reverse, down a very steep (15%) drive with very little clearance on both sides. We had a very small car, but even then it would have been a challenge to do this at night or without assistance.
Then we were escorted to the apartment. Great views, but so does every property in this town. The apartment was musty, dated, had no aircon and one of the windows didn't lock. It was not the apartment we saw in the photos, so were very disappointed.
Then we were told that in order to get to the town (apart from driving) we had to walk over the beach - which was sand and also large rocks. There was no way to do this walk without hiking shoes, and for anyone with any mobility issues - the risk was enormous.
And we were told to avoid high tide, as the walk back would not be accessible. Upon walking to town over these treacherous rocks in low-tide, we realised it would be very difficult to access town - esp if you wanted to carry anything back to the apartment or have a drink. So we walked back to the apartment at 6.30 pm (being told to avoid the 9pm high tide) and low and behold, the walk back over the rocks were covered in water.
So the only way to access town was to either risk yourself on this rocky beach walk or drive up and down this difficult driveway.
We decided that we could not be constrained for three days under these circumstances.
We told the owner that we were leaving as this was not to the standards we were expecting nor was the apartment in any way accessible. He then told us that he had taken the money for all three days, without our consent or knowledge - and that we should take the matter up with Booking.com (which also was unhelpful, but that's another issue).
Although we lost all money for 3 days bookings, we found a much nicer, more modern apartment which was actually less money too.
In summary, we were deceived on a number of levels: - marketed an apartment which we did not receive - in no way informed that access to the apartment was limited - forced to pay for accommodation that was sub-standard, falsely marketed and terrible access to town
Recommendation: contact the local iSITE and they will tell you more about this property before you rent it.
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Date of stay: January 2016
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Trip type: Travelled as a couple
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This place is a real let down and I would certainly not recommend it to anyone.
As a Kiwi, I always wanted to visit this part of NZ, and having travelled around the country, I know that general standards at hotels, lodges and B&Bs are very high. However the Bay of Islands Beach House is below these standards on number of levels and is the poorest accommodation I have ever stayed in in New Zealand.
Parking. First off, the parking is down a steep drive in which you have to reverse your car into. This means that, even with a small car as we had, parking is a arduous task and requires two people and daylight.
Accommodation. Our rooms were musty and dated. It was not clean. One of the windows did not lock so we felt it was not secure. Sofa in the living room was smelly and dirty. The website photos are very deceptive.
Access to town. We were told that it was an easy walk over the beach to town, apart from high tide. This was untrue. In fact, you had to have hiking boots, even at low tide to climb over rocks, and unless you had balance like an All Black, you could not bring any bags or shopping. High tide started at 6pm in the summer, so this meant you could not walk into town for dinner or back. And as per the parking, you could not bring your car.
Having returned to Paihia, we found better, cheaper and more modern accommodation with equally amazing views.
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Date of stay: March 2016
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Response from Boibeachhouse, Owner at Bay of Islands Beach House
Responded 1 Apr 2018
No response needed, Tiggy had a bad day probably when she wrote this comment !!
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This place is amazing. The view, incredible. The apartments, just perfect. And the hosts, super-friendly.
We had the Penthouse, which I recommend if you are traveling as a couple. You will love the bath tub and the sauna. There is a small, but great kitchen to cook youown meals. You can relax on your private patio, and enjoy the wonderful view of the Bay of Islands. Walk down to the beach, take a kayak, go around the islands...
The location of the beach house is perfect: on Sullivans beach, outside of the busy tourist town of Paihia... But you can still walk to town through the coastline, especially during low tide. We never used our car when we were staying there.
We even walked to Waitangi treaty grounds, and also took the ferry to Russel from Paihia. And, we really enjoyed our dolphin cruise.
The steep hill to get down to the beach house may look frightening at the beginning, but you get used to it.
This was the perfect start for our honeymoon trip in New Zealand, and we will definitely go back to Bay of Islands Beach House when we come back.
We miss the sound of the birds, and the waves on the beach.
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Date of stay: December 2013
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Trip type: Travelled as a couple
Room Tip:Â Choose the Penthouse if you are traveling as a couple.
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On the ground floor but elevated...very private! My wife and I liked the apartment. However, it was much better when the apartment above was vacant - since there is no carpet, it can be a little loud. Enjoy - a wonderful balcony and view!
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"The driveway is very steep indeed. It requires a 3 point turn half way down and at the bottom to come back up. It may be possible to park at the top, but tough walk."
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PRICE RANGE
$258 - $388 (Based on Average Rates for a Standard Room)
LOCATION
New ZealandNorth IslandNorthland RegionBay of IslandsPaihia
NUMBER OF ROOMS
2
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