Land that is practical, desirable and affordale is identified and depending on its price, will cost around $8k - $25k per hectare you would typically have around 1000 - 2500 square metres for a personal dwelling and the balance in the community commons for shared buildings, gardens, orchards, etc .
So how does this work? (The math) Using Trademe (a New Zealand sales and auction website) as a guide for land fit for purpose and pricing, As examples we chose 8 nice farms and other land most suitable for settlement, the prices varied between $8k - $18k per hectare. That's an average of $13k per hectare, with those properties being between 10ha and 300ha. Imagine we have around 300 people on board and so... 300 people x $50 each per week x 52 weeks per year = $780,000 per year. Over 5 years that's $3.9 million , thats 300 hectares @ $13k per hectare, or 100 people with $25k.
Many large enough farms and other land blocks are still available. Here is a list of typical options, most of these are a bit out of date now, but give a broad idea of what is available and cost.
This property is 291 hectares has 2 houses and numerous other buildings. Is at the northern tip of New Zealand’s South Island, 10 minutes from a small town with a supermarket, hardware, cafes etc, and an hour from a small city, and a perfect example of land fit for purpose. 200x 1ha Residential lots @ $25,000 Raises = $5,000,000 Spend = $3,650,000 Land. Up to $1,350,000 to invest in legals and infrastructure, tunnel houses, etc.
Some more properties that sold in the past that would have been options.
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