'Echills' is a specialist finishing unit in the Kereru district of Hawke's Bay, located 36km west of Hastings. Running bulls, steers and lambs, all stock is finished off the property.
274.88 hectares (679 acres) very well subdivided into 75 main paddocks with numerous lanes for ease of stock movement. The fencing is conventional post, wire and batten plus some four and two wire electrics. Water is troughed to paddocks. Pumped from sources to tanks then gravity fed around the block. Dams supplement the reticulated scheme. The owners have put in two stand of Lucerne, totalling six hectares - one block in 2013 the other in 2016.
An extensive range of farm infrastructure is available. Four stand woolshed with a night pen of 300 and an attached workshop. Two large implement sheds of four and five bays. Sheep yards, Te Pari steel cattle yards, tack and feed shed plus sundry buildings.
There are two dwellings, a very comfortable, older style three bedroom home with refurbished kitchen and bathroom. Two bay garage is attached. Nestled back from the road there is a dressage arena on the western edge of the garden. A second two bedroom cottage is ideal for a shepherd or visiting family.
This farm has been faithfully farmed under the owners tenure and represents a great opportunity for all prospective buyers to farm in the very desirable farming district of Kereru.
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