148 Thornton Road, Thornton, Whakatane

Your Thornton beach-country lifestyle awaits! This property truly has it all: located just 12km from the Whakatane town centre, with the airport just a short drive away and commutable to Tauranga and Rotorua, 6.8ha of flat grazing land, Thornton Beach on your doorstep AND a brand new GJ Gardner home - what are you waiting for? This beautiful, brand-new 3 bedroom, 2 bathroom, 1 office home offers a wonderful layout with everything you could want - including character! The kitchen was created using the golden triangle design concept to ensure that you get into the flow when cooking for your family or entertaining friends. There is a separate lounge to retire to in the evenings, while the open plan kitchen, diner and sitting area open to the north-facing deck - enjoy your BBQs looking out over the countryside towards Whale Island. An HRV with heat transfer system, as well as a woodburner, keep everything cosy, warm and dry in winter. This ain't no cookie cutter home - the layout is focused on family living and makes the most of the expansive rural views from every angle. This is a home with privacy, convenience and space. The master bedroom enjoys peace and quiet at the far end of the house with its own walk-in-wardrobe and ensuite. The generous double garage is internal-access and includes the laundry leading directly out to the clothesline. The land is a blank slate ready for your vision. Currently fenced and used for grazing, there is plenty of space to build further infrastructure, plant an orchard, keep animals and more. Make it yours. Walk to the beach - and for the family fisherman, use the boat ramp just down the road or enjoy some of NZ's best surf-casting from shore. • Great location: 12 km from town; footsteps to the beach • Brand new GJ Gardner home - 3 bed, 2 bathroom, 1 office • Double internal-access garage • 6.86ha - flat grazing land • HRV - heat transfer system - wood burner

$1,350,000

This 59.74 hectare seasonal supply dairy unit located in the sunny Eastern BOP has been operated by our vendors for nearly 3 decades. This would have to be one of the tidiest properties anywhere in the Bay of Plenty. This farm operates as a "no frill" system 2 dairy operation (minimal brought in feed and some off farm grazing of R2 heifers) and has an average yearly production for the last ten seasons of 72,693 kg/ms. This property has been farmed to maximise profit whilst retaining simplicity of operation. The land component of this property is flat and is divided into 46 paddocks that are accessed by a central race system and is usually milking 200 Jersey cows, The farm dairy is a 16 aside highline herringbone shed, complete with vet race and a 200 cow capacity rubber matted standoff pad. This shed is equipped with a De Laval milking plant and electronic pulsation. Effluent from the farm dairy is transferred to a lined effluent pond and then spread via travelling irrigator onto a 13.8 ha effluent area. This system is fully consented until November 2036. A short distance from the farm dairy is a 3-bay open sided implement shed as well as two 4-bay half round haybarn/calf sheds. The immaculately presented five-bedroom home sits on a tarseal driveway within an equally immaculate garden environment and features two large, detached garages. This is an excellent lifestyle location with a good choice of schooling in the area. Whakatane is only 20 km away. Matata and the beach is located close by. • This is an excellent first farm opportunity or an add-on to an existing operation • 59.74 ha "one man operation" dairy unit • Immaculately presented 5-bedroom home and garaging • Excellent range of farm building and other infrastructure • Recently installed and fully consented effluent system • Low cost, high profit margin, simple operation • 200 cows milked for 10-year average of 72,693 kg/ms

$3,300,000 + GST (if any)

The best of both worlds: Moore Road offers rural living with a beautifully renovated 3 bedroom, 1 bathroom home a short drive to Whakatane and only minutes' walk to Thornton beach. Situated on nicely elevated land less than an hour's drive to Tauranga, this property offers infrastructure galore - including a super high-stud game boat shed - and provides an ideal base for a home business, or security for the boat, the camper, and any other toys you might have. The 1.47 ha block includes several fenced paddocks as grazing for pets. Stockyards and troughs help with animal management and there is plenty of scope for an orchard, chook house or vege gardens. All the hard work is done here - the home has been carefully renovated throughout, and the garden landscaped. The large easy-care lawn is even kept show-home ready by a robot lawnmower which will stay with the property. The area itself is a very popular lifestyle location for all that it has to offer: a mere 10 minutes to the Hub shopping area or to town, a short walk down a private resident laneway to the beach, a few minutes to the boat ramp and jetty, and only minutes to the airport or well-regarded Thornton School. • 1.4740 ha - lovely rural outlook • Newly-renovated 3 bedroom, 1 office, 1 bathroom home • Double garage - covered access to house • Walk to the beach and jetty - short drive to town • Wood burner, wetback, and instant boiling water tap • 5 bay shedding, including high-stud game boat shed • Home business potential • Landscaped grounds - robot lawnmower included • Fenced grazing paddocks Our vendors are planning to travel - call Phillip or Lindy to arrange your viewing today!

$1,300,000