11 Jul 2015
Our show home is now open for public viewing Sat-Sun 10am-12pm, 2pm-4pm. For the many that have been visiting our village over the last few months waiting to see the finished product, the wait is now over. Over the last week of viewing, the feedback has been overwhelming and the first words are usually, “wow”.
The wide entry opening out in to the lounge and dining area, the sun nook and the light streaming in, isn’t the first thing you notice. The high ceilings, stone bench tops, kitchen built by craf...
20 Jun 2015
A favourite walking route and a lifetime of planting and gardening led Robin Ayres to her new home.
Robin spotted Woodlands Boutique Village, on Bethlehem’s Carmichael Road, while strolling with a friend. The pair had stopped to admire the century-old trees and grazing sheep when she noticed a sign advertising the retirement village under development.
Within a year she was happily installed in her sunny, new, architecturally-designed 185sqm home. She and Woodlands owner Sarndra Newman had selected l...
18 Jun 2015
It was the promise of an idyllic rural lifestyle on the city’s edge that lured Sarndra Newman onto the historic Woodlands property in Bethlehem.
Ten years later, she and husband Maurice are sharing that same dream with a small group of retirees.
The former Gisborne farm girl remembers the first time she encountered Woodlands’ glorious, tree-lined driveway and generous tract of green space.
“I was instantly smitten,” she says of the paddocks for ponies and sheep, with an ancient, gnarled...
August 25, 2018
Spring is in the air, the veggies are growing and the Woodlands Boutique Retirement Village residents are out and about enjoying everything Woodlands has to offer.
March 7, 2018
Woodlands is rapidly maturing into the Village we always wanted it to be. This year the building program continues unabated with the construction of the clubhouse, hobby shed and the building of the community garden. We are also underway with the construction of the Se...
October 19, 2017
Well we're bounding into Spring even if the weather still appears to want to remain in Winter mode with rain, rain, a day of sunshine and then more rain. I think most of us would agree that we're over it.
At Woodlands we're busy completing two homes, ready for our newe...
April 4, 2017
...and we are quickly moving into the early stages of autumnal days. The leaves are beginning to change colour once again and quinces and feijoas are burgeoning on the branches. It wasn't a particularly hot summer with ample rain to keep the countryside looking lovel...
January 25, 2017
Our village residents are enjoying the warmth of Summer, but we are all over the windy days which seem to have been going on forever!
It has been a wonderful festive season with plenty of 'catching up with family & friends', occasions, New Year celebrations and general...
December 21, 2016
The blossoming of our large, ancient pohutukawa has signaled the arrival of warmer weather. Woodlands Boutique Village has been a hive of activity over the last few months with Stage One nearing completion and Stage Two commencing. We will be taking a much needed brea...
September 16, 2016
Spring has certainly struck with a vengeance with warm weather, the sun shining and the birds chirping and the bees abuzzing...
At Woodlands we all have a definite spring in our steps as we ready our garden beds for the warmer months ahead. The tuis are once again goin...
June 2, 2016
Late Autumn is definitely rustling at our doors & windows here at Woodlands Boutique Village with Winter fast approaching. March was a busy month for us and we have had a rush on our beautiful homes here leaving only one left for sale in Stage One, which is our beautif...
January 21, 2016
We at Woodlands trust everyone had a lovely Christmas holiday and wish you all a very happy and prosperous 2016.
At the Woodlands Boutique Village it is mowing and gardening with a vengeance with the Summer growth having taken off. All of these matters of course are no...
November 15, 2015
Summer is just around the corner and here at Woodlands we have commenced our next brand spanking new home. It is going to be very similar to our beautiful 167 m2 Show Home with some slight layout changes just to make it more individual. We have had a lot of people visi...