2603 State Highway 41, Kuratau, Taupo

77 hectares (more or less) of opportunities!

Located approximately 20 minutes from Turangi, there are beautiful strands of native bush on the property, protected for conservation purposes.

The long driveway gets you off the beaten track, to your own off grid farm offering a solid relocatable and comfy home. The dwelling comprises two bedrooms, bathroom, open plan kitchen, dining and lounge, along with a large, internal double garage. The Lady Kitchener log burner offers more heat than you require also on a wet back for your piping hot water. A fantastic covered in porch, offers a great place to entertain or soak up the sun, while surveying the view over the native bush and distant mountains. The other buildings include a three bay implement shed, green house, deer shed also used as a wool shed.

Water is from a spring shared over three other properties where it is pumped to a tank, then gravity fed back to the farm. The power is generated from a turbine operating in a stream with a water fall on the property. There is a backup diesel 6kva generator should you need some heavy lifting done. The current owner has cultivated 35 hectares with new grasses. There is approximately 15 hectares steeper leaving 27 hectares in conservation and native areas fenced off. The new owner can have the benefit of 5 hectares in pines, these are broken down to 3.5 hectares, 30 years old and 1.5 hectares, 20 years old. The property is very well subdivided with predominately 80% deer fencing the rest post and batten into 16 paddocks.

There is a water trough in every paddock supplied via a main 25mm PVC line. Stock currently wintered on the property are two horses, 32 MA ewes run with ram, 66 MA Hinds, 12 MA Stags. This farm is a permitted activity farm with a maximum leaching rate of 12 kg N/ha/yr. You could supplement the income by farming with stands of bush offering some hunting as an option.

This property is in a very attractive setting, for those that like privacy and space you need not look any further. This property is being sold on a Plus GST (if any), basis.