posted 2 hours ago
Full disclosure: this is a family place, and I'm helping get the word out.
After 17 years of growing food here, the family is selling their 7.6 acre (3.1 ha) homestead in Makara, a quiet rural valley 20 minutes from central Wellington, New Zealand.
What makes it a good permie base:
- Own water: pure untreated water with 5 gravity-fed tanks, plus two streams on the land
- Set apart: the geography and the streams separate it from the road and the neighbours
- Food: two greenhouses, 20+ organic garden beds, established fruit trees (lemons, peaches, apples, feijoas) and netted berries
- Energy: grid-connected, with solar DC cabling already run, a generator changeover switch, LPG hot water that works without power, and firewood on the land
- Septic: self-managed septic system
- House: a very energy-efficient 3-bedroom home with thermal-break double glazing, insulation 3x standard, heat pumps and a wood burner
- Room for people: two sleep-outs with views (60 sqm and 30 sqm)
- Room to grow: a consented 4,000 sqm flat building platform for a second house, with $40k of architect plans included
Asking NZ$1,520,000. The sellers are open to offers.
A note for overseas readers: Australian and Singaporean citizens can buy in NZ much like locals, and so can NZ residents. Others usually need residence or Overseas Investment Office consent, so please check your own situation.
Happy to answer questions here. For photos, the full listing or a viewing, send me a purchase mooseage (PM).
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