Hastings Neighbourhood

Priced from $189,000 (incl. GST)

The 32 sections in Hastings, the third neighbourhood at Wigram Skies, are selling quickly. 

Like the previous neighbourhoods, Hastings continues the Wigram Skies’ tradition of commemorating flight or aircraft once used by the Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF).

The Hastings aircraft was originally designed and built for the Royal Air Force (RAF), and was used for freight and personnel transport. Able to carry 50 troops, Hastings was the largest aircraft of its type at the time. The Hastings was used by the RNZAF from 1951 until 1963 when it was replaced by the Hercules. Unfortunately, none of the four Hastings flown in New Zealand survive today.

All sections will have reticulated gas, fibre optics to the boundary and be fully fenced. For more informations on Fibre at Home, please click here.

Land Information

The recent earthquakes experienced in Canterbury have shown us that land located near waterways or land depressions can be prone to lateral movement in significant earthquake events.

Although no lateral spread, liquefaction, sand boils, land settlement or rotation of structures have been evidenced at Wigram Skies, we like to err on the side of caution and have asked our geotechnical engineers, Tonkin & Taylor, to undertake further land investigations.

Again, these investigations have illustrated that Wigram Skies is not just a great place to build your new home, but it's also very safe.

Further, these findings have helped educate us around requirements for housing next to land depressions, such as the Awatea Basins. In such locations it has been shown that in an extreme earthquake event, a very slight possibility exists for some lateral movement.

While the risk is considered minor, we feel it is better to be safe than sorry and have undertaken remedial works to the affected areas. In addition, our engineers have specified a foundation design for these sites that will minimise the risk of any damage should we be unfortunate enough for such an event to occur. To find out more about this please click here.

To register your interest click hereor contact Dene Maddren on 0800 944 726 or 021 622 749.

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Courtesy of the Air Force Museum of New Zealand