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Private Retreat in the Forest of the Waitakere Range of Auckland, New Zealand
This is a unique, peaceful and completely private retreat nestled in 2 ½ hectares of New Zealand forest with giant ancient native trees. From its hillside setting the retreat has expansive and unimpeded views over the beautiful native forests of the Waitakere Ranges Heritage Area to the waters of the Manukau and Waitemata Harbours, to the Hauraki Gulf and beyond.
It is less than a forty-minute drive from Auckland International Airport, a half-hour drive from downtown Auckland and a fifteen-minute drive from the famous beaches of Auckland’s West Coast, including Piha and KareKare. The shops, cafes and restaurants of Waitakere Village are a five-minute drive away.
Completed in 2019, and built to the highest of standards, the retreat is a perfect purpose-built home for:
• public or private sector workshop or training facility
• a spiritual, therapeutic or creative community
• a large or extended family
• whatever you can imagine and want it to be
The property includes:
• 3 x 3-story buildings interconnected by external staircases
• a further and separate 2-story building
• 6 or more bedrooms
• 4 bathrooms
• large meeting / gathering / living room
• large kitchen / dining / gathering room with fireplace under domed "Fale" roof.
• double glazed windows
• underfloor heating
• woodwork throughout
• extensive decks and walkways on multiple levels
• toolshed / firewood storage shed
Services include:
• private spring-water source
• 90,000 litre onsite water storage capacity
• large capacity solar water heating with gas booster
• CCTV
• type IV fire alarm
• onsite multi-stage wastewater system