718 Tram Road, Ohoka, Ohoka, Waimakariri, Canterbury

Ohoka's rare blank canvas: 2.0956ha inside an established oak-lined private estate with shared parkland and water features, build-ready with well, water treatment, WiFi-controlled irrigation and 3-phase power in, plus a producing trufferie (harvest confirmed).

Scope for a minor unit up to 90m² plus garage, subject to council approval, ideal for multi-generational plans.

Every family that builds in Ohoka starts with the same problem: there is almost nowhere left to build. The village's reputation was made by its architectural homes, its farmers market and its school, and the land those homes sit on was claimed years ago.

In February 2025 a 2.1 hectare property in the same development sold for $3,988,000 under multiple offers, a record for the district. That is what a finished vision is worth here.

This is the rare unclaimed piece: two build-ready hectares inside an established private estate, where mature English oaks line the driveway, bridges cross expansive water features, and an open, fence-free landscape gives a sense of space you simply do not find on ordinary lifestyle blocks.

The estate was created some 15 years ago by developers who went the extra mile, and the surrounding homes have grown into some of Ohoka's finest. The slow, expensive groundwork on this site is already done.

What's waiting for you:

A build-ready platform for the home you actually want, in a landscape of gentle contours that gives the site shape and outlook.

No flat featureless paddock, no starting from zero.

Room for the whole family: scope for a minor residential unit of up to 90m² plus a garage of up to 40m² alongside the main home, subject to district plan rules and council approval.

Independent living for parents, a teenager's domain, or guest and income options.

A producing trufferie. Recent testing and a harvest confirm the trees are truffle-bearing. Not commercial volumes, but the decade of establishment risk where most trufferies fail is already behind it.

Grow it into a boutique venture or simply serve something at dinner parties nobody else can.

Water security most rural blocks can only wish for: an 18m steel-cased bore (drilled 2012 by McMillan Drilling, ECan well BW24/0057) with a Grundfos submersible pump, a full house water treatment system already installed, plus commercial water take rights held in relation to the wider community.

Irrigation that's genuinely done, not promised: a 200m ring main serving three control points with four electronically controlled zones each, WiFi and digital controllers in the fully lined, 3-phase powered shed, and a pop-up system with room to expand once the house is built.

Privacy with presence: electronic gates, night lighting, and a driveway that announces the property before the house even exists.

a 1/12 share in the estate's parkland and water features, professionally maintained through the residents' company, so the setting stays immaculate without the setting being your weekend job.

The life around it:

This is a neighbourhood in the true sense: families with young children, others whose kids have flown, annual estate dinners, and neighbours who will have you over for a beer before your foundations are poured. Ohoka School (a 3 minute drive), childcare, a supermarket and restaurants are all within 5 minutes.

The famous Friday Farmers Market is effectively your local. Christchurch Airport is around 20 minutes, which is why this district increasingly attracts buyers who work between cities, and beaches, golf, fishing and the ski fields are all within easy reach.

Blocks like this do not come up in Ohoka. The homes around you are already built, already valuable, and already holding the neighbourhood's standard. What is missing is yours.

Tags: Lifestyle block, Land, Section, Development, House & Land