Quality Hawkes Bay Grazing and Lifestyle Farm ($NZ 1.2 million)
In a very quiet, private location convenient to both Hastings City and Havelock North, we offer for sale a very interesting and attractive 25 hectare (61 acre) property and residence which is presently developed as a small cattle fattening farm.
The location is Maraekakaho Road about 10 minutes from the city of Hastings and little more from the popular centre of Havelock North. The property is accessed by a long private driveway off Maraekakaho Road, which forms the southern boundary of the well known premium wine grape growing area; the Ngatarawa Triangle. The immediate neighbouring area in front of the property contains a number of very well known vineyards, including the New Zealand and international award wining Sileni Estate Winery (www.Sileni.co.nz).
The property is comprised of two contiguous or adjoining land areas, which lie immediately behind a number of major vineyards. The first is a small homestead block which contains both a comfortable, modern, medium sized home of summit stone construction, built for the owners in 1992. The house has three bedrooms, the main bedroom with its own ensuite bathroom. There is a spacious kitchen with an adjoining lounge very adequately heated by a “Lady Kitchener” wood burner, another family living room and double, lockup integral garaging. There is an attractive home garden with lawn, ornamentals and many mature fruit trees. Close by the garden is an attractive little permanent stream.
The other major building on this homestead block is a very sound two stand wool shed and stock yards. Other buildings on the property are a strongly built, lockup 3 bay hayshed and an implement shed
The main farm block which forms over 90% of this 25 hectare property is the largely flat portion of a north facing valley floor, which lies immediately behind the homestead block. This area is an elongated, roughly triangular shaped block, surrounded on three sides and sheltered by gentle limestone pastoral hill country, farmed for sheep and cattle. This main farm block is subdivided into 5 main paddocks with permanent electric and boundary post and batten fences.
At the head of this valley there is a very attractive wooded area together with a wetland, including a substantial willow lined water dam. The dam is a haven for large numbers of wild fowl and provides excellent wild duck hunting for the owners. The terrain on this portion of the property is highly suited to the easy creation of a further number of similar large water dams (or small lakes) to collect winter runoff, not only for their obvious aesthetic appeal, but also for the provision of irrigation and frost control water reservoirs for a future vineyard, or any other future horticultural development.
The largest proportion - approximately 90% of the property, has the soil type common to many of the Districts premium “red metal” soil vineyards; described as Poporangi (Ashy sandy loam on sandy loam. There is a small area of Havelock clayey loam and Ngatarawa sandy loam. Terrain varies from entirely flat to gentle north facing slopes.
This is an aesthetically attractive property with huge potential and many options, including (because of its size) further subdivision into 2 titles. Such subdivision would give a new owner the option of building one further, large new residence (together with, if required, two other, smaller houses). For a new home the main block contains a warm, north facing and naturally sheltered house site having quite outstanding, elevated, panoramic vistas over the property and surrounding country side.
Nearest Town: Hastings
Nearest City: Hastings
Access - Primary Schooling: Maraekakaho or Hastings
Access - Intermediate Schooling: Maraekakaho or Hastings
Access - Secondary Schooling: Hastings
Contour - Flat: 75% approx
Contour - Easy to undulating: 20% approx
Contour - Medium hill: 5% approx
Soil Types: 90% (approx)classified as Poporangi sandy loam but includes some gentle lower slopes of Crownthorpe sandy loam which have a limestone influence.
Water: Irrigation consent from permanent stream.
Domestic water from 8 inch artesian bore
Improvements: 2 stand woolshed
3 bay hay shed
Cattle and sheep yards
Homestead: See details
Homestead - Interior Construction: Conventional Gyb
Homestead - Roof: Decromastic tiles
Address (optional): Maraekakaho Road
Hastings District
