The Shed - Orchard Retreat

Our two bedroom accomodation is positioned to get the best views out over our citrus orchard. The large deck extends off the spacious open plan lounge and kitchen to allow indoor/outdoor living. Each bedroom has its own bathroom and toilet. Full kitchen with everything you may need as well as a bottle of our award winning orange juice. Due our deck and the stairs our property is not suitable for young children. We are a smoke free property and do not allow smoking. The space Our 7 ha orchard surrounds the apartment. Located in a quiet village with excellent walking tracks nearby. Stroll the orchard or go for a walk around the neighbourhood. There are no shops, restaurants or fast food in the village but we are just 15 minutes from central Gisborne and great restaurants, cafes and beaches. Guest access We offer no contact guest access or we can meet you in person if you prefer more detail on what there is to do or see during your stay in Gisborne. Other things to note Our property is a working property so you will see and hear - tractors, kids and other activity and we ask that our yard are kept clear for safety reasons. We provide car parks and a location to park. Ormond is a quiet village with no local shop or cafes. We include milk and our own award winning juice in the listing price but would advise bringing food with you. As we are in the country and we have large windows and sliding doors that open up to the outside you may be visited by insects, birds or other wildlife both inside and outside the apartment. We have a large, loud dog called Fred. He is friendly but please wait for us to greet you before patting him. Let us know if you don’t like dogs and we can keep him up at our house during your stay. Like much of NZ especially in rural areas we do get power cuts from time to time. This means we will lose electricity and water supply until the electricity supplier fixes the fault. Weather events or power grid failures may cause the electricity to go off for hours and in major weather events even days. We have no control over this and as many power cuts can affect large areas or the entire region it is not possible you provide alternative accomodation. NZ experiences earthquakes regularly, this like weather is something we cannot control. In the event of an earthquake items may fall and break and facilities may need fixing during your stay. We will help clean up and fix anything needed as soon as possible. In the event that the building is left structurally unsound or it is it is not possible to fix issues within a few hours we will refund the night/day of event and any following days - however we will not refund any days prior to event. Should a weather event mean that power or water cannot be restored within a few hours time we will refund the day/night of event and rest of stay if issues continues. Should a weather event cause structural damage to the property we will refund day/night onto event and any days remaining in the stay. In the event of a severe weather event it may not be possible to provide alternative accomodation. As Gisborne has limited ways to get to and from Gisborne City or access the region. Storms, weather and accidents can make it difficult or impossible to reach Gisborne city and retail areas or leave/enter the Gisborne region. We cannot provide alternative accomodation if this happens as when this happens all travel is often limited. Our water is rainwater and is supplied by a pump. Sometimes power surges and power cuts may trip the fuse and you may loose water - if this happens let us know immediately and we will fix. Our hot water uses gas bottles - if you lose hot water the gas bottle may have run out. Let us know and we will swap the bottles over. Cellphone coverage may be limited in the Gisborne region and at our property. We provide free wireless internet but speed may vary in bad weather or of provider has issues. It is generally fine for streaming services, but it is wireless so can occasionally be affected by weather. We have a “TVNZ plus” account logged in and available on the Smart TV (TVNZ 1,2 and Duke) and you can sign into your own streaming service accounts (Netflix, Disney, Prime etc). The apartment looks out over the orchard, onto neighbouring properties/houses and a self seeding sustainable garden that at certain times of year may have plants that are going to seed, gaps in planting etc. This garden is designed to be sustainable and attract butterflies and beneficial insects to our orchard. It is gorgeous most of the year but at times can look a little scruffy when the seasons change or we get drought. As we are located near the main road some traffic noise may be heard as well as vehicles in the village.