For Sale

You are standing on the deck with a coffee, the glass balustrade doing nothing to get between you and the water, and the only decision of the day is whether the boat goes out before lunch or after.

Opito Bay is one of the few white-sand bays left on the eastern Coromandel with no shop, no café and no crowd. The beach stays quiet in January. The Mercury Islands sit offshore for the fishing, the bay itself is for the kayaks and the kids, and Whitianga is close enough for supplies and far enough not to matter.

Completed in 2023 and built by the owners as their own family bach, this is a house designed by people who planned to use it. Five bedrooms and three bathrooms across 170 square metres give the whole extended family room to stay together, each with a proper bed and space of their own. Weatherboard cladding and a steel roof were chosen for a coastal site that gets it’s share of weather. There’s no renovation list and no maintenance weekend waiting for th...