New Zealand Day Spa/Private Home/Residence Interested in offers over 1.5 NEW ZEALAND DOLLARS Start Price USD 1,500,000.00 Current Price USD 1,500,000.00 Time Left - Bid Count 0 Buy It Now Price - Reserve Price - Start Time Sunday, September 21, 2008 End Time Tuesday, October 21, 2008 Location Oban, Stewart Island See more about 'New Zealand Day Spa/Private Home/Residence' Description This house on Stewart Island, New Zealand operates as Stewart Island Spa but is also works well as a private home. It is built on astunning historic site the Island's first hotel was built herefor whalers and sealers in the 1840's. The elevated seaviews are private and cannot be built out.We've lived in the house for 10 years but with renovations have run it as a day spa for the last two years during our tourist season Oct-May. However,We have other businesses (a cafe also listed for sale) and would like to focus on one. You can see whales, dolphins, albatross from the rooms and garden bath and there are penguins nesting on the property. There is steamroom, sauna, hot stone table for turkish bath, two massage rooms, facial room, ocean cliff garden bath some discerning clients have called it the best bath in the world!", outside shower, inside double shower, inside jet bath for two and inside freestanding bath, one bedroom and small kitchen. This is truely an amazing location everyone is impressed! See the website for photo">www.stewartislandspa.co.nz. I can send more photos when I return to NZ 18 September. The land area around the house is one acre.Anyone can buy property in NZ and live there 6 out of 12 months. However, you need to apply for residence in the business category if you choose to run this as a spa.This property is worth the money for the land alone.The potential for development is huge and the private, north facing views look at the South Island and across the bay;Horseshoe Point& down Lonnekers Beach. This an island with no crime and only 400 residents but many tourist in summer. The Island is 93% Rakiura National Park, a temperate rainforest with pristine white sand beaches- great for fishing, birding, walking etc. Please don't hesitate to ask questions.The price 2 million NZD firm- includes house and one acre of land. Annual land rates are about $3,000NZD. On Sep-24-08 at 17:11:52 PDT, seller added the following information:I ALSO HAVE TWO PIECES OF LAND NEAR THE SPA PROPERTY. ONE IS ONE AND A HALF ACRE FOR 350,000 NZD AND THE OTHER IS HALF ACRE FOR 450,000 NZD. PAYMENT FOR THE LAND CANNOT BE UNTIL JUNE 1 2009 BUT WILL SIGN SETTLEMENT DATE FOR THEN FOR A GOOD OFFER Place a Bid!