A unique ‘European style’ eco-home made with adobe earth brick & timber, grass sod roof & natural rock walls, completed in 1999 to high specifications & generous proportions.

This 4 bedroom house with one office has 2 wings connected by a light-filled conservatory with much of the home personally inspired by artist Hundertwasser, this property is beyond the ordinary & will captivate anyone seeking the ultimate expression of a Northland self-sufficiency lifestyle.

With around 2 hectares of organic land (non-certified) for last 18 years, the eco-home has many special features; mainly tilt & turn double glazed windows, small orchard, vegetable hot beds, grapes, gardens, solar & wind power, solar & gas hot water in addition to grid connection, 3 concrete water tanks & accessible primary bore water.

In addition - 2 paddocks, small Cyprus tree plantation, 2 wood burning stoves, 120m2 half-round workshop/ barn, separate laundry with bathroom, wood sheds, indoor bread & pizza oven, tiled mosaic floors, rimu spiral staircase, wine cellar & an outside wood-fired bath.

Features:

• Adobe / mud brick walls
• Bore water (pump)
• Composting toilet
• Double glazed windows
• Fibre-cement with paint / plaster finish
• Low VOC paints
• Mains power
• Natural gas water heating
• Natural milk paint and limewashes
• Photovoltaic power
• Rainwater collection
• Septic tank
• Solar hot water
• Timber framing
• Timber weatherboard cladding
• Wind power
• Wood burner
• Wool insulation