The Temple

3 Temple Lane, Lake Ohau
  • Front of house
  • Part of the downstairs living/dining, fire place
  • bathroom
  • Downstairs living
  • incredible sunsets
  • great skiing
  • miles of wilderness
  • good biking flat or hills
  • serenity
  • interesting locals to meet
  • good fish to catch
  • Main Bedroom
  • kitchen
  • woodburner - very cosy!
  • view from upstairs living and main bedroom
  • second bedroom
  • living room upstairs
  • Bedroom 3/ bunk room
10
Max Guests
3
Bedrooms
1
Bathroom

About this Holiday House

Lovely 3 story built in 2011 spacious holiday house with great views at an amazing location. Yes we survived the fire. Set back from the lake, so nice and sheltered for summer BBQs on the deck and next to the reserve, but elevated for views. Well insulated, fully double glazed, plenty of space with upstairs and downstairs living rooms, large garage with auto door and with woodburner with wetback and solar hot water system in summer keeps everyone cosy. Wooden flooring downstairs, carpeted upstairs. Underfloor tiled heating in kitchen and bathroom and firewood can be provided in winter. StarLink Wifi connection in place. Lake Ohau is one of New Zealand's secret getaways. Surrounded by vast amounts of conservation land, with a great skifield a few minutes away and great food at 5 mins away at the Lodge restaurant bar, as well as all the water sports you wish in summer. With good access to the new mountain to sea cycle trail, fishing, mountain biking, tramping, just relaxing. Good supermarket 30 mins away. If you want a good holiday away from the hustle and bustle in either winter or summer and love the outdoors come and visit. House requires you to clean up after yourselves. We prefer you bring your own linen. Washing Machine and Dryer onsite and large chest freezer. Sky dish installed but we only use Freeview so can bring your own decoder if you wish. Single nights possible in off peak periods

Details and amenities

Amenity: Child friendly
Child friendly
Amenity: Pet friendly
Pet friendly
Amenity: Linen: please enquire
Linen: please enquire
Amenity: No smoking
No smoking
Amenity: No disabled access
No disabled access
Heating & cooling
Amenity: Electric blankets
Electric blankets
Amenity: Electric heat
Electric heat
Amenity: Fire place
Fire place
Amenity: Fire wood supplied
Fire wood supplied
Amenity: Oil heaters
Oil heaters
Amenity: Under floor heating
Under floor heating
Amenity: Wood stove
Wood stove
Kitchen
Amenity: Dishwasher
Dishwasher
Amenity: Food processor
Food processor
Amenity: Freezer
Freezer
Amenity: Fridge
Fridge
Amenity: High Chair
High Chair
Amenity: Microwave
Microwave
Amenity: Oven
Oven
Amenity: Tea, coffee, sugar etc
Tea, coffee, sugar etc
Amenity: Toaster
Toaster
Bathroom
Amenity: Bath
Bath
Amenity: Shower
Shower
Laundry
Amenity: Cleaning equipment
Cleaning equipment
Amenity: Cleaning supplies
Cleaning supplies
Amenity: Clothes line
Clothes line
Amenity: Dryer
Dryer
Amenity: Ironing Facilities
Ironing Facilities
Amenity: Laundry Tub
Laundry Tub
Amenity: Washing Machine
Washing Machine
Parking
Amenity: Boat parking
Boat parking
Amenity: Garage
Garage
Amenity: Off Street Parking
Off Street Parking
Entertainment
Amenity: Bikes
Bikes
Amenity: CD player
CD player
Amenity: DVD
DVD
Amenity: Stereo
Stereo
Amenity: TV
TV
Amenity: Video Game Console(s)
Video Game Console(s)
Internet
Amenity: Free WiFi
Free WiFi
Amenity: Internet available
Internet available
Amenity: WiFi - Fibre
WiFi - Fibre
Bedroom
Amenity: Cot Available
Cot Available
Amenity: Extra Bedding
Extra Bedding
Outdoors
Amenity: BBQ
BBQ
Amenity: Outdoor furniture
Outdoor furniture
Other
Amenity: Cellphone coverage
Cellphone coverage

Bed layout

4 Bunk(s), 1 Single(s), 1 Queen(s), 1 Double(s), 1 Sofa bed(s)

Special Amenities

Great views across Lake Ohau including to skifield

Special Attractions and Activities Nearby

10 mins to Ohau Skifield, 2 mins walk down to lake

Reviews

Average Rating: 4
17 total reviews

Claire Hewitt
There is always some trepidation when staying at a new house, so you read the description carefully, and the reviews. Unfortunately, I only read the first ten. Three days before our stay, we still didn’t know how to get into the house. I emailed the owner-no response- and then texted. The house was grubby, there was much personal stuff around, the pantry full of food stuffs, the fridge was dirty, the bedding randomly piled in the rooms, the bathroom and toilet unclean. There is no underfloor heating (which is advertised), the owner said it was unlikely there was any firewood so we took our own. We weren’t told the password for the Starlink WiFi. There was an electrical issue so most of the power points didn’t work, nor the lights upstairs, and the water pump. We managed to find a power point for the water pump, we are not electricians so unable to find the cause. We left the house a little cleaner than we found it, it wasn’t hard. We felt no obligation to do more. The views were great
Response from Owner
Claire - your problem like the others you didn't read instructions sent and refused to listen to them when I raised them verbally. You are completely lying about the communication you were emailed and texted but you ignored this. The underfloor heating didn't work because you overloaded the electrical circuits. You kept demanded an electrician but it was your own operator errrors! You ignored the multiple things I spoke to you about 3 times. What do you expect! A resort concierge to be there and tell you when you do dumb things?!
B E
Great traditional bach and very good value accommodation. Fantastic location and views and a very effective big wood burner! We certainly would use again. Cheers.
Emma
Great peaceful location, had everything we needed and was reasonably priced but wasn't left very clean by previous users.
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Availability

  • 20 Dec – 08 Jan 2026 Unavailable
  • 15 Jan – 16 Jan 2026 Unavailable

Rates

Date rangeRatesExtra guestsMinimum stay
1 Jul - 10 Oct (Weekends)$180 / Night for 8 guests$201 Night
Rest of year$150 / Night for 8 guests$201 Night
Rest of year (Weekends)$160 / Night for 8 guests$202 Nights
1 Jul - 10 Oct (Weekends)
$180 / Night for 8 guests
Extra guests: $20Min. stay: 1 Night
Rest of year
$150 / Night for 8 guests
Extra guests: $20Min. stay: 1 Night
Rest of year (Weekends)
$160 / Night for 8 guests
Extra guests: $20Min. stay: 2 Nights
Please note that we will consider discounted weekly rental rates outside of Summer holidays and the ski season.

Cancellations

The pending booking will be automatically cancelled after 48 hours or earlier depending on the check-in date.

The house-specific cancellation policy will appear here.

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