539 Upper Hook Road, Hunter, Waimate

Hook Bush Nurseries

Opportunity awaits here for a keen team to get started on the business ladder.
The Vendors have had the property leased out for the past two years and the present lessee is vacating the property.
So come the 1st October there is a gap to be filled.
You cannot fault the location and the facilities that the Owner is offering here.
Surrounded by the Hook Bush and nestled beside the headwaters of the Hook River it is an idyllic and perfect setting for propagating both native and perennial plants.
The set up includes an excellent propagating facility and a seeding machine that is top quality.
There are three shade houses and two propagating sheds. Along with five tunnel houses and 3-bay implement shed.
This business has been operating for over 27 years and previous managers have operated a sale and delivery along with a regular door sales business.
This could be easily renewed to bring the nursery back to what it was as a destination to visit and enjoy the vast array of plants.
There is excellent water for irrigation and watering of plants with sprinkler systems automated to facilitate ease of maintenance.

The photos clearly show the scale of the property and the lessee would have approximately 3 hectares of land to set plants up for growing in pots and collect product for propagating if desired. Also further areas set up for hardening off plants.

The new lessee will have availability to lease or purchase the plant that is required to run the operation. Full list and values are available to prospective purchasers/lessees.

Plants on the nursery premises will be available to purchase. This to be at valuation and so the new lessees will have a range of plant to enable a better cashflow going forward to ensure the new lessees are not waiting many months for an income.

Note: The Vendors of the property are prepared to consider leaving money in on the existing plant stock at a negotiated interest rate for up to two years to help a new party to get started.

The present Vendors can provide some past financials to approved purchasers.
However this is a business opportunity where the income limits could be limited only by your willingness to work hard and get growing.

The Vendors agents can provide a base lease agreement and a indication of expected monthly lease fees on application and viewing.

The Vendors invite offers presented to the Sole Agents, Bayleys Waimate by the 14th August 2026.