34 | DEVELOPMENT Inverurie Estate T T Russell Fredric Premier development proving popular The estate is named after the Scottish town of Inverurie, the area where Gus’ father came from. “Inverurie, with its park-like setting of stacked stone walls, rolling landscape and walkways through native plantings and ponds, has been designed to age with dignity into a rural hamlet of distinction.” 0800 802 546 bonisch.nz admin@bonisch.nz SURVEYING PLANNING CIVIL ENGINEERING LAND DEVELOPMENT We’re proud to support the Inverurie Development and the growth of our region With the first two stages now sold, Inverurie Estate is offering lots for the final two stages of its premier lifestyle development just north of Invercargill city. The development has been undertaken by Gus Johnston, a Bayleys Southland Real Estate Agent, and his wife Barbara Johnston. Inverurie Estate is offering stage three and four sections of 2000 meters to 4000 square metres starting from $435,000; the stage one and two sections were 2500 to 5000 square metres. These section sizes reflect the Goldilocks principle and the gap in the market that Gus saw as an opportunity; not too big, not too small, but just right for those wanting an easy care semi-rural lifestyle. “It was exactly what people were looking for and we sold five lots off the plans before we even started,” Gus says. “I was selling lifestyle blocks, 5 acres, 10 acres, and it seemed that a lot of people didn’t want 5 or 10 acres; they just wanted a big section with no stock so they could build a nice house and a shed with no weekend stock work.” Inverurie Estate is conveniently located just outside Invercargill’s northern boundary with quick, easy access to link roads that lead to the city, to State Highway 6 and Queenstown or Te Anau, or to Gore, Dunedin and beyond via link roads to State Highway 1. “We had purchased the 80 acres (32 hectares) in 1999 to farm and build our family home on and it wasn’t until 2009 that we decided to look at the development potential.” The estate is named after the Scottish town of Inverurie, the area where Gus’ father came from, and all the streets in the development are named after places in Scotland where his family have lived. Started 14 years ago, undertaking the development was initially challenging as the section sizes were less than the district plan allowed for in the existing zoning rules. “It took us almost two years to get resource consent to do it.” Inverurie Estate is accessed from Retreat and Bainfield Roads with the benefit of offering fully serviced sections. It was a considerable undertaking to bring the services from the city boundary. The first two stages comprised 54 lots, while stages three and four comprise 25 lots with four currently sold. Titles are expected to be released April/May 2024. “If you’re contemplating building, these quality sections must be your first point of call. “Inverurie, with its park-like setting of stacked stone walls, rolling landscape and walkways through native plantings and ponds, has been designed to age with dignity into a rural hamlet of distinction. “The standard of houses and the landscaping on the sections is very high.” Invercargill firm Bonisch has been involved since the resource consent phase, providing survey, civil design, building consent, and construction supervision services while Arrowtown firm Baxter Design, was engaged for the landscape master planning. Matt Johnston Contracting, owned by Gus and Barbara’s son, is the earthworks contractor, in conjunction with Telfer Drainlaying for the installation of the services. The estate features a spacious layout, meandering open stormwater channels and ponds, asphalt and concrete roading and turning areas, masonry features and an aesthetically pleasing rolling layout that provides a feel of Central Otago to the development.
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