It's rural but not rugged. It's snug but not cramped. To the sunny north look down over the Atawhakamahia Valley, across the Upper Waingawa River to the peak of Mt Bruce. And it's only around 15 minutes to Masterton Railway Station and the commuter link to Wellington.

Outside - 8 acres with mostly native trees and plants and paddocks well fenced. There is a tractor, the big bay farm shed and the Broadband internet - and the friendly neighbourhood. AND well away from the house a cluster of beehives - they pay the rates, or most of them, and you get the occasional honey as well. Sweet.

Easy to get the kids to school with the school bus pickup 1.3km down the road.

The relatively new house up a 300-metre unsealed drive from the sealed road is pretty much maintenance-free, all insulated with warming carpeted floors leading out to that view worthy of any palace.

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