5 bedroom 2-story home, built in 1972, situated 6km south of Whangarei. 12.5 acres of NW facing land divided into 10 paddocks with good fencing and water supply. Cattle yards provide loading / drenching and shearing facilities. There is a great building site on top of the hill. The house is protected from the predominant SW wind with well established trees, and has expansive views of the surrounding countryside. Upstairs has 3 bedrooms, office, large dining room, large lounge, two conservatories, modern kitchen, and lots of storage. Ranch slider access to the decks are from the lounge and 2 bedrooms. Downstairs has a shower, toilet, wash house, 2 bedrooms, 2 cupboards, a large reception area and a large freezer / storage area, which could easily be made self contained. Internal access garaging for 2 cars. A large fireplace easily heats the lounge to above 30 in the winter, and there is plenty of firewood on the property. A heat transfer system can pass heat to the 3 upstairs bedrooms. Expol insulation lines the floorspace in the garage, and insulfluff in the roof provides very good insulation. All day sun on the house until sunset at 5:15'ish in the middle of winter heats the brick wall and supplying night-store heat. A large workshop with power with 2-phase power, lighting and 3 workbenches provides an awesome man-space. The lean-to attached to the garage is used for boat storage and firewood. An established orchard with over 30 trees, multiple chook/duck pens, 2 vege gardens and the farm do well to provide self sufficiency. At only 6km from Gull / Bunnings, it is no big deal to 'pop' into town. The Primary school is 3km away, the Tauroa Area school bus stops at the gate. WGHS/WBHS buses leave from SH1 which is 1km away. The farm has been used for grazing sheep, goats and cows for sale or home-kill, and we have made substantia |