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Unique Lifestyle opportunity in the Wairarapa
- Self-Sustainable
- Off-grid
- 4/5 Bedroom Family Home
- Spacious setup
The architecturally designed 4 bedroom home is newly built on a 7 acre lifestyle property. Wooden fenced paddocks, various gardens, native bush and the Kiriwhakapapa stream creates perfect balance between luxury and nature. The 177m2 eco friendly house is designed & built with durability and quality in mind. Excellent insulation and native timber double glazed doors & windows are used throughout the house.
House exterior
House details
- open plan kitchen/lounge
- 4 bedrooms
- plus 1 office or 5th bedroom
- 1 bathroom
- 1 toilet
- septic tank system
- many verandah and decking areas
- 177m2 living area
- 77m2 roofed courtyard
- Macrocarpa weatherboards
- wool insulation
- 25,000 liter water tank
This house features an open-plan living/kitchen/dining area with upcycled Rimu wooden flooring and high ceilings. 3 pairs of French doors open onto a large roofed veranda to enjoy summer evenings or a fresh coffee on the deck. The kitchen flooring is made of handmade tiles and the Gourmet fireplace combines a cooker, heater, oven, and wet back in one. A separate office is connected to the living room with a colonial sliding door and has the potential to be turned into a 5th bedroom.
There is a small cellar, a funky Hundertwasser style toilet and a leadlight french door to the courtyard.
In the large bathroom is a walk-in tiled shower, a double vanity and a vintage cast iron bath.
Kitchen:
- The Gourmet cooker-heater with 15kW boiler, perfect for multiple radiators
- Parmco Gas oven & grill
- Fisher & Paykel Gas hob, 4 burner
- Hot water cylinder, 360L high pressure. Prepared for solar collectors via heat exchange. Prepared for radiator circuit.
- Benchtop is hand made out of rimu timber with a stainless steel double sink and a Methven Steriline mixer
- Hand-made tiles
Office
Bathroom
Toilet
Bedrooms
The house contains 4 very spacious bedrooms with high wooden beam ceilings and three have their own vanity for comfort.
Master Bedroom (24.6m2)
Bedroom 2 (18.7m2)
Bedroom 3 (20.1m2)
Bedroom 4 (15.2m2)
Courtyard
All rooms of this charming off grid family home are wrapped around a 77m2 fully clear roofed Balinese-style courtyard. This provides an outdoor space in any kind of weather while soaking up the subtropical atmosphere. A truly unique feature!
5 Bay Pole Building
Furthermore, the property has a large second building: a 5 bay pole building (150m2) with a concrete floor and zincalum cladding featuring indoor parking, firewood storage, 2 workshop bays, and a semi-self contained sleep-out with 2 bedrooms.
This really is a paradise for animal lovers and self sustainability. There are 3 well fenced paddocks, a 10m2 walk-in shelter, a pigpen with a separate pig shelter, a large chicken run with a chicken coop and several other fenced animal pens that could be used for pet lambs or could be turned into vege gardens. Mature fruit trees, a fruit(berry) garden, and to top it all off, there is an acre of established and regenerating native bush with old tree ferns and moreporks calling at night.
Gardens
Foot Bridge
Deck
A 45m2 deck that could be used to build a bach or studio on.
Driveway & Entrance
Paddocks
Walk-in shelter
Stream
The Kiriwhakapapa stream provides opportunities to cool down during hot summer months or to collect water for drinking and gardening. You can now go trout fishing on your own land! Several swimming holes guarantee lots of fun for the family and nature lovers will be impressed by the scenery, with mature beech trees and a small canyon.
Off grid details
Solar system
Electricity is generated by a fully automated 48 VDC solar system.
Comprising:
- a 2.4kW solar PV array on the roof
- Tristar MPPT charge controller
- 420 Ah AGM battery bank (8x6V batteries)
- 2.4kW Pure Sinewave SEA inverter feeding the house
- 1.2kW Latronics Pure Sinewave inverter feeding the pole building.
- Tristar Remote meter + Victron Battery Monitor in the office
- House and pole building are wired for 240V.
The battery bank, controllers and inverters are all together in a dedicated part of the garden shed, about 15m separated from the house. House and pole building have each their own distribution board with RCD’s and breakers.
Water
A 25,000 liter storage tank holds a buffer and gravity feeds the house as well as a network of garden taps. The water is purified through a whole house filtration system including UV filter.
Heating
A gourmet wood fired cooker heats the kitchen and lounge while giving the opportunity to cook on it and use the inbuilt oven. The ‘boiler’ model is capable of running a network or radiators.
Gas
A gas storage station with 9kg LPG bottles services a gas hob and gas oven.
Hot water
A wetback system from the Gourmet cooker heats the water in a 360L hot water cylinder. An 1.5kW electric element can act as a backup. In addition the cylinder is prepared with an extra heat exchange for solar collectors.
Phone & Internet
A phone line to the house provides a landline and broadband. There is very limited cellphone reception on the property.
Overview
Location
Kiriwhakapapa road, valley and stream are near the Tararua Ranges and home to a supportive and welcoming community with regular social events in the Mt. Bruce Hall.
The property is located 6km off State Highway 2. At the end of Kiriwhakapapa road there is access to the Tararua Ranges with multiple walking tracks and huts. Masterton is the nearest service town at about 20min distance, while going 10min north you will find Pukaha Mount Bruce National Wildlife centre.
The schoolbus comes on the road and this area is zoned for Opaki School, which is the nearest Primary school (year 1-8). In addition, Masterton offers a large range of college options.