Great Northern Villas

It is our objective to present our properties as a fantastic retirement lifestyle option in Waikari rural North Canterbury, while only approximately a 50minute drive to the Christchurch International Airport. Our Villas, Townhouses and Apartments are located on the site of the original business centre of the Waikari Township. All of the original buildings on the site that have recently been demolished, were there from 1873 until the present time. The location has been a hidden gem for 150 years. Surrounded by health care and recreational facilities within our community, our homes are a wonderful retirement option living in a connected community without the inherent high entry and exit costs associated with retirement villages.

As a small privately owned development in Waikari, we have a different approach to providing homes to create a wonderful lifestyle in a delightful rural environment and to essentially make your home and the cost of living there desirable and affordable. We have opted to use a "Life-Time Lease Agreement" to allow occupancy of our villas rather than the "Occupation Right Agreement" predominantly used by Ryman Villages and others which we perceive to be a less than ideal option.

Hence we are adopting an independant living environment where the residents have exclusive unimpeded rights to their own home with their financial interst in the property being registered on their own individual property title. This allows the residents to live amongst like minded people, who are there to support each other as a connected community to gain maximum enjoyment of their retirement years through a quality lifestyle and location.

Our village is a great option for lifestyle living in a property with all of the necessary health care services and recreational facilities being available within the Waikari community but without the inherent high costs associated with registered retirement villages.

Key to those services is the Waikari Medical Centre opposite to our villas and the Health NZ Hospital beside us which is a dedicated aged care facility.

Our objective is to provide spacious homes of specific architectural design that you will appreciate and be proud to live in. You will come to realise is not just a house, it is a beautiful home which is located in a sunny and private location with a fantastic view over the surrounding countryside and a 5 hectare park reserve opposite our properties with walks, ponds and rest areas.

We also want to benefit from being an integral part of the small community that we live in, and that is reflected in utilising the existing community facilities such as the Lawn Bowls, Tennis and Golf Clubs, plus the Hawarden Four Square Supermarket for convenience shopping, all within 5 minutes. The nearby Hanmer geothermal spa resort and pools provide a half price entry fee for Hurunui Residents, and a wonderful day out in the resort township.

Energy costs are an increasing concern in the future which we will be addressing in developing a solar parallel generation installation to be installed over the next 2 years. We want those power bills being kept to an absolute minimum.

Feel free to come and view our location and the villas to enable you to form your own opinion. We know you won't be disappointed.