Hawthorne Country House ($NZ 1.35 million plus GST (if any))
Hawthorne Country House is one of the more impressive small rural properties to become available for purchase within Hawke’s Bay in recent years. Approached through its entrance drive lined with over 100 year old London Plain trees and sitting in a superb rural setting, Hawthorne Country House consists is an outstanding, fully modernized Edwardian home together with a new, recently constructed owner operator living suite. This is a business with considerable immediate potential for expansion using the existing very complete and superior plant, equipment and chattels. Wedding functions are one option to which the property is ideally suited. Alternately the property could again become a large, spacious and private country residence.
The location is ideal for a lodge being well located on State Highway 2 and only 7 or 8 minutes from either the popular centre Havelock North or the city of
The original house of approximately 350m2 was originally constructed over 100 years ago on another location within the nearby
The present successful accommodation business was initiated in 1996 when the property was acquired and redeveloped for this purpose, culminating soon after in a Tourism New Zealand award for the “Best Hosted Accommodation”. In 2005 the business was purchased by its present owners who have subsequently completely refurbished and redecorated the original home, while at the same time adding a new two storey owner’s accommodation wing of 130m2. The total covered area including verandahs is approximately 550m2. The new construction was carefully designed and planned to complement rather than contrast with the original home and the architect has certainly succeeded in this aim. Heritage colors were used in all exterior applications and the two portions of the home sit harmoniously together under one roof. The original portion of the home retains its grand proportions with its wide paneled central corridor, 4 metre stud, polished native Matai floors and leadlight windows. There is a formal guest’s dining room and large formal living room, both of which open onto extensive wide verandahs (and in summer - alfresco dining) overlooking a quiet rural setting framed by lawns, gardens and mature specimen trees.
Hawthorne Country House was recently entirely redecorated under the guidance of well known local interior designer; Chrissie Moore (Chrissie Moore Interiors). The four original, very beautiful bedrooms are special examples of her work. Each has its own full, modern, ensuite bathroom and private verandah overlooking the gardens. They share the new, modern wiring of the home and AV connections to TV/DVD. A further room, the original study or guests reading room, is currently used as such but also having its own similar modern ensuite bathroom can quickly convert to a fifth double bedroom if required.
The owners newly constructed suite features a very impressive, modern, spacious chef’s kitchen designed on a scale to cater for a full house as well as the owner’s family. There is a generous family living room with wood burning stove and built in home theatre system, two dedicated offices (with broad band internet connections) and a purpose built laundry with the space, facilities and equipment to cope with guests laundry. Upstairs are two double family bedrooms each with their own ensuite bathroom. The master bedroom also has a large walk-in wardrobe.
In total Hawthorne Country House contains 7 bedrooms and 8 bathrooms.
All areas are efficiently heated in winter. The main formal living room has a new (2005) Firenzo wood burner and at this point there is an active heat transfer system affecting the main hallway and kitchen. The study has its original fireplace and the bedrooms have individual electric heaters. The family living room has an efficient wood burner.
Hawthorne House has its own very adequate and modern bio-cycle sewerage system which complies with all regulatory requirements.
The house sits in mature, beautifully designed gardens and grounds, framed by many old, outstanding deciduous specimen trees. With over 20 water faucets within the gardens (and 3 artesian bores on the property) the garden is green and beautiful year round. There is a well populated duck pond. There are many fruit trees and on the south (owners) side of the home is a large securely fenced, grassed, free range poultry run. There is a large solid brick, two storey (60m2 plus 60m2) barn used for tractor, implement and general storage; in pre war days an engine shed. This picturesque building has other potential applications for the property and business. There is a firewood storage structure and good livestock handling and loading yards and two garden sheds.
The balance of the property, which is entirely flat, is subdivided into 11 paddocks, each having reticulated water to stock troughs from three high quality artesian bores on the property. The property has friable free draining volcanic loam soils, excellent for intensive livestock grazing but also much preferred by thoroughbred and sports horse trainers and breeders. Because of these soils (on which horses may be worked and trained year round) and the reliable high quality artesian water, most of Hawke’s Bay’s equine establishments have been established within this general area.
Hawthorne Country House is a genuinely outstanding property and business set up for a husband and wife operation. It has considerable existing and very substantial further potential for a capable and enterprising owner operator. The objectives of the current owners have been to achieve a balance of high quality personal lifestyle by limiting the business operation to approximately 100 days in each year. Within those self imposed limits they have developed a profitable operation which has received New Zealand accolades and NZTO written endorsements and has been internationally acclaimed in both British (Daily Mail) and American (TIME magazine) publications. The business has contracts in place with major accommodation wholesalers and inbound operators with forward bookings into 2009. There are very real immediate options for a new owner to intensify and extend this business. Financial data is available to genuinely interested prospective buyers.
The owner’s personal circumstances have changed, the owners are very realistic about selling and property is available for sale at a very realistic price. Inspection by genuinely interested parties is strongly recommended.
District: Hastings
Nearest Town: Havelock North
Nearest City: Hastings
Access - Primary Schooling: Hastings or Havelock North
Access - Intermediate Schooling: Hastings or Havelock North
Access - Secondary Schooling: Hastings or Havelock North
Sale Details: For sale as a going concern with chattles.
Contour - Flat: 100.00%
Soil Types: Free draining volcanic loam.
Water: 3 artesian bores
Chattels: Substantial chattles list available
Improvements: See details
Homestead: See details
Homestead - Interior Construction: modern systems
Homestead - Roof: Clay tile
Address (optional): State Highway 2
Hastings District
