Property for Sale
Description of Property
Amateur Radio Facilities
Asking Price
Other Features of the Property
A selection of photos of the property and dwelling
This home in the Marlborough Sounds, New Zealand, is superbly equipped for an amateur radio enthusiast. The property is being offered for private sale initially to the amateur radio community with antenna tower and all radio equipment and cabling to antennas intact. If the property fails to sell to a Ham, all equipment and the tower will be removed, and the property placed on the open market.
Legal Description: Property no: 133348, Lot 7 DP 2469,BLK XI LINKWATER S. Valuation Roll No: 20185-07900
Address: 2324 Queen Charlotte Drive, Ngakuta Bay, Picton RD1, 7281, New Zealand
Land area: 0.0895 hectare (0.22 acre)
History of Buildings: In 1983 a permit was obtained to build a boatshed on the property. In 1994 a further permit was obtained to extend the existing building by adding a small kitchen, a bathroom, and two bedrooms. This building therefore became a fully self-contained dwelling. In 1996 the present owners purchased the property and it was used as a holiday cottage for the following six years. Major additions and rennovations were completed in 2002. The existing cottage was retained and incorporated into the ground floor of the new building. This was used for several years as a 'Granny Flat' by an elderly relative.
Buildings Today: The present dwelling was completed in May 2002 and is a two story home with a third floor Belvedere which is devoted to amateur radio activities. The house area is 226 m2 (2,400 sq ft). There are three bedrooms upstairs and two bedrooms downstairs. There are two bathrooms, a kitchen with a large pantry, a spacious living room, and an office. There is an enclosed elevator from the ground floor to the first floor. All rooms in the main part of the house on all three floors have telephone and television ports, and each is well provisioned with 230v AC outlets. The Granny Flat is also connected to the telephone and television cabling. A covered car port, double garage with darkroom, and potting shed complete the buildings on the property. An intercom system connects the upstairs kitchen with the downstairs kitchen, the downstairs office, and the double garage. A Paradox Security System is installed on the property with motion detectors in five rooms in the main house and also in the garage.
Telescopic tilt-over antenna tower 16 m high with rotatable OBW10-5 Optibeam, 2 m yagi and 2 m whip. Satellite tracking antennas 10 m high with 3D rotatable cross yagi upstream and helix
downstream. Inverted V dipole for 80 and 40 m. The main radios are Yaesu FT1000 MkV (with
Quadra VL1000 1kW linear and VP1000 Power Supply) and Kenwood TS2000A. The satellite tracking system is currently not operational as it is being revised with new tracking equipment for USB communication. Further details, including photographs can be found on two separate web pages, one for Radio Equipment, and the other for
Antennas.
The 2012-2013 valuation No: 20185-07900 by Marlborough District Council can be found here, and the details are reproduced below:
Item
Valuation NZ$
Land Value
$225,000
Improvements Value
$375,000
Capital Value
$600,000
Annual Rates
$836.98
The rateable value of the property is NZ$600,000 and expressions of interest are invited above NZ$520,000
Anyone who would like further information please contact the owners directly using
this email address, or alternatively
this email address.
Chattels included in sale
Basic Chattels:
Additional Chattels:
if sold to a registered Ham Radio Operator the sale can include these additional chattels: the antenna tower and all antennas attached to it including rotator and rotator controller electronics, the satellite tracking antennas with 3D rotator and rotator controller electronics, The FT1000 and linear amplier and power supply, the TS2000A, discone antenna, inverted V dipole antenna, and all cabling from the radio shack to antennas and rotators, four large gel batteries with backup solar panel and controller.
There is a large enclosed vegetable garden on the south-west corner of the property measuring 7.5 x 14.5 m. In 2001 the garden area was completely re-developed with organic manure and compost and now has a high fertility. Two concrete compost bins augment the garden area. The property is fenced from neighbours and has a range of New Zealand native and exotic trees. There are productive fruit trees, including plums (Duff's Early Jewel, Greengage, Coes Golden Drop, Omega and Black Doris) apples (Fuji and crab apple). There is a panoramic bush and sea view from the first and second floors of the house. Ngakuta Bay is a small horseshoe bay, approximately 750 m across, and has two jetties. A number of yachts and launches are moored in the bay. Seawater temperature in the summer ranges from 18 to 22 degrees Celcius. Ngakuta Bay attracts many casual visitors during the summer for picnics, swimming and water skiing. The sea is 150 metres as the crow flies from the property, and 300 metres when walking along the roadway. The permanent population is about 50 people, and during the summer holidays visitors swell this to perhaps 200 as there are many holiday cottages in the Bay. The nearest town is Picton, which is 15 minutes by car and is a major port linking Wellington to the South Island. There are two ferry services running four round trips per day taking three hours. Further information about Ngakuta Bay can be found
here
