Lifestyle block

Sitting on an impressive 4614sqm section, this generous Dunedin home certainly puts the style in lifestyle block. Find out how you can move in today

Can you make a living from your lifestyle block? Give up your day job and lead the good life? Yes. But. Words: Sheryn Dean Many people make a good living from a small block of land. Most people don’t. The difference isn’t the size of their block or their ability to grow a particular crop. An enterprise on a lifestyle block faces the same challenges as any other small business, but it has one extra, unpredictable, uncontrollable factor: Mother Nature. SHERYN'S TIPS FOR SUCCESS 1. Have a…

These showstopping lifestyle blocks from around New Zealand will make you want to pack your bags and head to the country immediately

Here’s how to create a future-proof plan for your block that means you do it once and do it right. Words: Sheryn Dean I am a planner. Ask me what my life will be like in 10 years and I will tell you Plan A. I say failure to plan is planning to fail. But that doesn’t mean plans are set in stone. They can be added to, altered, or discarded. However, if you don’t know where you are going, you won’t get there. My block has been planned from the beginning. I asked a lot of people, did a

I don't know about you guys but I am just ready for warm evenings, days at the pool, dinner outside and for my yard to be finally green again. Can I hear

These showstopping lifestyle blocks from around New Zealand will make you want to pack your bags and head to the country immediately

Despite being exposed to the salty winds of the coast, this family garden boasts an impressive and productive, easy-care vegetable patch

Large contemporary home on lifestyle block features outdoor room, exposed trusses in spacious living area, expansive decks

If it weren’t for chocolate and coffee, Angela Clifford and her family would be mostly self-sufficient food-wise from their bountiful organic block. Words: Nadene Hall Images: Angela Clifford, additional images: Made North Canterbury Who: Angela Clifford, Nick Gill, Ruby, Flynn & Matilda What: The Food Farm Land: 6.5ha (16 acres) Where: Amberley, 50km north of Christchurch One step out their front door and you enter the heart of The Food Farm’s huge permaculture garden, bursting with annual…

This collection of impressive lifestyle blocks from around Auckland will make you want to pack your bags and head to the country