This 1970s updated property on fantastic 812sqm section will steal your heart. Offering wonderful distant sea and rural views from the deck, and enclosed back garden - perfect for play or for avid gardeners. You can even have a few chickens. With 3 bedrooms, 1 bathroom and a rumpus/games room downstairs, there are many options for family living. Not to mention a six-car garage for the boy's toys! With boating, fishing and beaches all within walking distance, and the playground and community centre just down the hill, living does not get much better than this. The current owners have loved the tranquility and privacy of living here, as well as the rich birdlife and the wonderful community. Glimpses of the blue ocean, ribbons of mist rising from the valley, tui and kereru in the trees, this presents a rare opportunity to secure a piece of paradise.
In the early 19th century Silverdale was established as a port for transporting kauri logs to Auckland. Stillwater was also used as a secondary landing to transport logs, kauri gum and later fruit produce from orchards established on cleared land at Stillwater, Silverdale and Dairy Flat. As there was no roading sea was the only form of transport available. The last shipment of kauri gum to leave Stillwater was in 1890. The pack horse tracks from Dairy Flat are still clearly visible on the Weiti Station property. The first settler in Stillwater in 1852 was Andrew Weatherspoon Thorburn and his family. Part of his original holding is now a reserve and memorial park bequeathed on their farm. Several houses were built on the river's edge in the early days as more land was cleared and made available for farming. Some live stock was introduced, but fruit from orchards seemed to be the major produce transported to Auckland from Stillwater.