The Cottage has a Pacific Island feel and is perfectly separated from the house. It has a double bedroom with ensuite bathroom, a sitting room and a kitchen/dining room. The bedroom, sitting room and kitchen/dining room open to a verandah and lawn.

Exterior wall cladding is both local stone and plastered concrete block with wooden joinery. The roof is concrete tile and combined with solid concrete wall and floor construction provides a quiet internal space. A new heat pump warms and cools the space as required.

The Cottage has resource consent as a residential dwelling and can be rented out long-term or short-term. It offers multiple uses (e.g. art studio, clinic, office space, artisan production, B&B). The Cottage has been operated as a deluxe B&B with consistent 5-star ratings and is currently occupied by family.

The Cottage is connected to the new wastewater system (shared with the house) and to a 25,000 litre (approx.) water tank shared with the Shed. Water is triple filtered at the tank. Broadband is via a wireless mesh node connected to a SpaceX Starlink modem in the house.