117 Sladdens Farm Road, Oxford, Waimakariri

Worth waiting for - a long held and treasured farm

Deadline Sale (unless sold prior)
1pm, Tue 27 May 2025

"Island Farm" is a small family farm of 107.9224 hectares located on naturally fertile alluvial soils with a history of dairy farming over many years, dairy support and more recently a beef breeding and finishing unit. There is a reason this property has been held in the same family for more than a century - quite simply this property has the natural resources to provide an enduring farming opportunity and now it is time for others to add to the legacy.

In three titles with excellent road frontages, this is a property within a short drive of Oxford township and all the necessary services, retail shops plus schooling yet it encompasses all the essential elements to be productive and rewarding.

Fonterra have indicated an interest in the property's ability to produce milk once again and with one of the irrigation consents to take water in the process of being renewed, all the ingredients are there to take this property forward. A land use consent for farming has recently been issued.

The property is well subdivided with easy access to the majority of paddocks from a central lane and the other blocks from Sladdens Farm Road. Two irrigation consents to take water from separate wells with travelling gun irrigation of older established pastures. A substantial amount of deciduous shelter creates improved conditions for utilization of pasture and water.

A range of older buildings provide the basics, an 18-aside herringbone has potential to be upgraded if dairying was able to be re-established or keep it simple and utilize the subdivision and irrigation for support activities.

Investigate the potential for an intensive farming system across the whole property or alternatively more relaxed farming or lifestyle options - there is a range of choices for the astute buyer.

It is with a great deal of reluctance that this property is offered to the market having been in the same family for an estimated 140 years, but now is the chance for a new owner to add to the storied history and make their mark on this property as it evolves in the future.

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