Building On Bare Land
in New Zealand
Weโre documenting what it really takes to turn bare land into our mortgage-free home. From site preparation and power to sheds, costs, consents and everything we learn along the way.
START HERE
Everything we're learning as we turn bare rural land
into our mortgage free home in New Zealand.
OUR BUILD
See what we're planning for multi generational living.
PRE BUILD COSTS
What we spent getting from an empty paddock to the point where our shed build could begin.
BUILD PROCESS
Site preparation, power, water
consents, sheds and more.
WHAT WE'VE SPENT
We share the real numbers behind the project - including site preparation, services, the shed, and everything that happens before the main house even begins. If you're interested in numbers, follow this page.
FOLLOW THE BUILD BY MAIL
The website gives you the practical information.
The Homestead Letters is the personal story behind it.
Each month we send a physical letter from our home in New Zealand, sharing what's happened, what we've learned, and the things that don't always make it onto social (including my homestead recipes that travelled with me around the world when we travelled for 3 1/2 years as a family of 4.
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ADDRESS: PO Box 28, Alexandra Otago 9340, NZ
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