Unique lifestyle opportunity in Otaihanga

Anative bush nirvana that’s just a few minutes’ drive from shops and the beach is for sale in an enclave of exclusive Otaihanga homes.

The unique lifestyle opportunity, at 190 Main Road North, offers the chance to build a dream home amid a hectare of park-like grandeur.

About half of the breathtakingly idyllic site abounds in native trees and the rest is rolling lawn, providing plenty of choice for a building platform.

Mike Voyle, of Voyle & Co Realty, says the section has been subdivided from a neighbouring property and has covenants to protect the interests of the buyer and to maintain the extraordinary privacy.

“The vendors have spent the last 25 years developing this slice of paradise, replanting and cultivating native trees and plants to blend in with the nearby Paraparaumu Scenic Reserve.

“So it’s completely private and the protected native bush provides a buffer between neighbours.”

In addition to the regenerating bush, there are kauri, kohekohe and tawa trees, nikau palms, and stands of eucalyptus, poplar and walnut trees.

“Where else could you buy a hectare of land as special as this?” Voyle asks. “Normally when you buy a vacant lot the land is barren and it can take ten to twenty years to establish.

“But here you’ll have what feels like a national park on the doorstep — complete with amazing birdlife and the bonus of town water supply.”

He says it’s hard to estimate what the section will sell for given its uniqueness.

“There’s nothing else to compare it to, not even rural blocks. They’re typically pasture and paddocks whereas this is completely different.”

Voyle says 500 square metre600sqm sections in a Waikanae subdivision have been selling for $500,000-600,000. “And they’re not remotely comparable to what’s on offer here.”

Voyle says the property is in an enclave of exclusive homes that’s within a few minutes’ drive of Paraparaumu and Waikanae.

It can’t be seen from the main road, electronic gates to a shared private drive make it secure, and a service lane and walking tracks at the rear afford easy accessibility.

“In all my years of selling real estate, I’ve never seen anything like this come to market,” Voyle says.