Selling Lifestyle Property

Generally a home on a larger block than a standard residential section, often with room for animals, a hobby orchard, or simply more privacy, without being a full working farm. If you’re not sure whether your property fits, get in touch and we can talk it through.

Yes, land use, contour, water and outbuildings all factor in alongside the usual comparable-sales approach. This is covered as part of your free appraisal.

Both, most lifestyle listings are a home and land sold together, but we can talk through your specific situation if it’s different.

It’s one of the first things lifestyle buyers ask about, so it’s worth having ready rather than leaving them to ask. A recent water test (for drinking-water suitability) and any consent details for the bore or take are genuinely useful to have on hand, your LIM report will show what’s on record with council, and we can help you work out what’s worth getting sorted before you list.

Same principle, buyers will ask, so it helps to know the system’s age, when it was last serviced, and whether it’s consented (again, your LIM report is the starting point). We’re not effluent engineers, so for anything technical we’ll point you to a local specialist, but we make sure it’s represented honestly in the marketing rather than glossed over.

Both run with the land, not the owner, so they carry over to the new buyer regardless of who’s selling. A QEII National Trust covenant protects a specific area (often bush or wetland) in perpetuity and can’t be removed by a future owner; a forestry right gives someone other than the landowner the right to grow and harvest trees on part of the property. Neither is unusual on Manawatū lifestyle blocks, and neither is necessarily a downside, some buyers specifically want the QEII-protected bush block, but it needs to be disclosed and explained clearly, which we build into the listing rather than leaving buyers to discover it in the title search.

Under the Fencing Act 1978, neighbouring landowners generally share the cost of a boundary fence unless there’s an existing agreement that says otherwise, this comes up more on larger lifestyle boundaries than standard residential sections, so it’s worth knowing where things stand before you list.

Sometimes, depending on zoning and the district plan, that’s a council planning question rather than something we can promise, so we won’t market speculative subdivision potential without a proper basis for it. If it’s genuinely there, though, it can be a real point of interest for the right buyer, and we’ll help you understand what to check before relying on it.

Often, yes, larger dwellings, sheds, stables and other outbuildings usually need to be specifically listed on a rural or lifestyle insurance policy rather than assumed to be covered under a standard house policy, and EQC cover has its own rules around what counts as the insured dwelling. Worth checking with your insurer before you list, particularly if you’ve added outbuildings since you last reviewed the policy.

Yes, every campaign starts with a free, no-obligation appraisal, whatever type of property you’re selling.