Why the vision is important to us
Mary MacLachlan
I have spent my whole life hearing my parents talk about "doing something for Methven" bringing new people into the town, promoting Methven as a great place to visit, to live, to enjoy. My family home 'Sivonholm Lodge' as it was known, was always full of out-of-town friends and family, traveling ministers from the Salvation Army, people flying in in light aircraft who arrived as strangers and left as friends, then in the 70's came the skiers and the international ski teams and friends of friends from all over the world. Long before the internet Mum always managed to have our home full with guests who came to experience a holiday on the farm with a simple advert placed in the major NZ newspapers.
Mary MacLachlan
I have spent my whole life hearing my parents talk about "doing something for Methven" bringing new people into the town, promoting Methven as a great place to visit, to live, to enjoy. My family home 'Sivonholm Lodge' as it was known, was always full of out-of-town friends and family, traveling ministers from the Salvation Army, people flying in in light aircraft who arrived as strangers and left as friends, then in the 70's came the skiers and the international ski teams and friends of friends from all over the world. Long before the internet Mum always managed to have our home full with guests who came to experience a holiday on the farm with a simple advert placed in the major NZ newspapers.
Farm stay visitors arriving by plane at Sivonholm in the 70s
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Sivonhom Lodge
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Steve and I are not developers, this is a one-off challenge for us, and to help get it right we have a wonderful team of consultants. Neil Salter our surveyor, David Harford from URBIS (Independent Planning consultant), Craig Pocock Internationally recognised sustainability focused landscape architect, along with our local lawyer and real estate agents, all helping us through the process. It's been quite a journey with many meetings over the last 5 years since we all met in a bare paddock and Thyme stream was born. I think of us as creators and our vision is to create a place to build a home, a dream, a lifestyle and a community; everything that Sivonholm was in it's day. Only now there will be a wider community to enjoy this piece of paradise.
Our hope/vision for the next few years while people are building their homes and landscaping is that there will be interaction between visitors and the people of Methven who are out enjoying the walkway extension we have created along the farm boundary and waterway with areas to sit and contemplate and enjoy Thyme/time. As Thyme stream and the Shirley Holmes walkway evolve and mature we hope it becomes a special place to live and enjoy passing through. With time will come the maturing of the trees and landscaping and with the mountain backdrop this will be a real piece of paradise to be enjoyed by all...in the true Sivonholm manner.
One day in the future others will sit in the shade because we planted a tree a long time ago. Then our dream will have come to fruition.
The Vision
To create a unique rural/residential subdivision with three underpinning features:
There are covenants which are intended to protect this shared vision for the benefit of all future purchasers.
Our hope/vision for the next few years while people are building their homes and landscaping is that there will be interaction between visitors and the people of Methven who are out enjoying the walkway extension we have created along the farm boundary and waterway with areas to sit and contemplate and enjoy Thyme/time. As Thyme stream and the Shirley Holmes walkway evolve and mature we hope it becomes a special place to live and enjoy passing through. With time will come the maturing of the trees and landscaping and with the mountain backdrop this will be a real piece of paradise to be enjoyed by all...in the true Sivonholm manner.
One day in the future others will sit in the shade because we planted a tree a long time ago. Then our dream will have come to fruition.
The Vision
To create a unique rural/residential subdivision with three underpinning features:
- To maintain uninterrupted Mountain View corridors from each lot
- To create a rural and water-edge walkway to be enjoyed by the residents, and shared with the community and visitors
- To inspire amazing contemporary architecture that integrates into the environment and makes the most of the undulating building sites, water edge sections and the three very special sites that have water running through them for the architecturally minded person who wants to create their own Kiwi Grand Design.
There are covenants which are intended to protect this shared vision for the benefit of all future purchasers.
Limitless views of the iconic southern alps
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Quiet country living
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So many opportunities are available when you have space and a great landscape setting