Discover the dream on Trinity Farm

TENDERS CLOSE on April 17 for an exceptional lifestyle business in Otaki that combines a historic villa with a commercial rose nursery and function centre.

The four-hectare Trinity Farm at 202 Waitohu Valley Rd includes a renovated 253-square metre homestead, 159 square metre wedding barn/conference venue, 21 square metre studio, 31 square metres of stables, and storage and potting sheds.

‘‘The house was first built in the 1890s, but has been extensively renovated and extended in sympathy with the original era,’’ Sharon Vodanovich of Bayleys says.

Award-winning architect Ben Gilpin undertook the improvements to the weatherboard-and-corrugated iron roof homestead, which has four bedrooms, a large bathroom with a claw-foot bath, shower cabinet, vanity and toilet, expansive open-plan living, separate utility room and laundry, and extensive outdoor entertaining areas.

The kitchen has a butler’s sink, granite benchtops and island, large electric oven, gas cooktop, extractor (in a chimney) and plumbed in refrigerator-freezer.

Other features include a front door with stained glass designed by a local artisan, a high stud with the original hall arch, the original fireplace (ornamental), matai flooring throughout, sash windows, full insulation and a wraparound veranda.

The extension has a concrete base with double-glazed retrofitted sash windows and includes the lounge, with a wood fire and dining area.

Gilpin also designed the insulated batten-and-board barn, which has a polished concrete floor, locally milled macrocarpa beams and large chandelier.

It also has a storage area and an office/ utility room with kitchenette and two toilets, one with a shower and disabled access.

The picturesque grounds include the capillary-fed rose nursery, three paddocks (one with a pear orchard), a home orchard with figs, feijoa, apples, limes and persimmons, various trees (including beech and liquid amber), flat lawn, pond, large gardens, a spray-free potager, a pizza oven and a large, wood fireplace.

‘‘Trinity Farm is not only an established heritage rose nursery specialist, with its own online ordering site, at www.trinityfarm.co.nz, but also a thriving wedding and conference venue,’’ Vodanovich says.

‘‘It offers an ideal combination of premium country living and commerce.’’

‘‘This is a rare opportunity to enjoy a dream lifestyle while earning multiple incomes off it.’’

She says the property’s rateable value of $1.1 million doesn’t reflect its market value.