Announcement

As promised for the last 10-15 years, we finally bought a house and some land in NZ. Signed last Friday, paid the deposit
10 weeks till its completed and we move in....

(To be accurate at the moment its a house shell on open piles, a heap of wet dirt and a pasture, theres still a bit of tweaking to be done).

The section is 1.3/4 acres (7000 sq m), subdivided from a farm, parallels the road (Ackworth Rd), the nearest neighbour is about 1 km away though theres quite a few farm buildings close by. We can see the sea and Taranaki (the mountain).

Its well out of Town (about 25km from New Plymouth - 5 mins from the Lepperton CBD (:-)) so its goanna get its own water supply (25k Liter tank), septic (3.5K Liter) ... ( theres some discrepency there- not sure where the difference ends up) and
bottled gas (LPG). The electric line goes along road but we're goanna wean ourself off that eventually...

The house is about 150 sq m and will be 4 bedroom(.. eventually). Its a classic
style New Zealand villa. The building was moved from Hawera (about 60? km south)
in 2 pieces and has just been placed (carefully) on the site.

For mys sins (and a cheaper price) I'm helping out on the house completion work
(this position is affectionately referred to as that of 'builders bitch')

If you're really interested you can see topo map + old aerial photo of the site at
http://www.trc.govt.nz/xplorer/xplorer.htm
click on 'Bell Block' on map
when other map comes up click 'search'
select by Road
fill in 'ackworth rd' in panel
should show aerial phot in New Plymouth district
with road in purple
map scale 1:30772 - our section is rectangular one N/S oriented alongside road right in middle - can zoom in if click on picture
(1:7693 scale) - its right alongside the 'Ackworth' of the Ackworth road legend
- also can switch to topo image..
(turn on 'Land Parcel boundary; - its the rect section across from th 'R' of Road).


You may be able to find it on google earth.. though dont think that area is v.well covered...