Highfield Country Estate
Te AwamutuIndependentRegistered on the Retirement Villages Register
In short
- No units are listed for sale today.
- The village keeps 30% of what you paid when you leave. This is its exit fee (deferred management fee).
- No weekly fee amount is published.
- Entry price from
- No units listednone for sale today
- Exit fee
- 30%builds over 3 years
- Weekly fee
- "the Village Outgoings fee (a weekly payment of $195 covering the running of the village)" per…
- When you are repaid
- Not published
- Registered
- Yesno. 2562067
- Care on site
- None listed
What it costs
Entry price
No units listed
Eldernet shows no units for sale here today. Ask the village what comes up and when.
Exit fee (deferred management fee)
30% of what you paid
Source: highfieldcountryestate.co.nz
Full research note
Per FAQ (/contact#faq), the fee the site calls the "Village Contribution": "it accrues at a rate of 10% per year up to a maximum of 3 years (equating to 30% of your initial purchase price)" - i.e. 30% cap, same structure as a deferred management fee.
How it builds
"It is not charged until termination of the Occupation Right Agreement and your villa is re-sold" - accrues at 10%/year for up to 3 years (per FAQ).
Source: highfieldcountryestate.co.nz
Weekly fee
"the Village Outgoings fee (a weekly payment of $195 covering the running of the village)" per FAQ. Whether this is fixed/indexed is not stated on fetched pages.
Source: highfieldcountryestate.co.nz
Capital gain (a rise in the unit's value)
Not published
When you are repaid
Not published
Disclosure statement (the village's summary of the deal)
Not published online. The law says the village must give you one before you sign an occupation right agreement (the contract that lets you live there), and it sets out every fee. Ask for it early.
What would you get back?
The exit fee builds over 3 years to 30%. The calculator spreads it evenly over those years; the exact schedule is in the fee notes above. Before weekly fees and any other charges.
Units for sale on Eldernet
None listed on Eldernet on 15 and 16 October 2026.
Registered village
Registered as Highfield Country Estate
- Registration number
- 2562067
- Registered since
- 2012
- Statutory supervisor
- Covenant Trustee Services Limitedappointed 14 June 2012
A statutory supervisor is an independent party, licensed by the Financial Markets Authority, that holds residents' deposits and watches the village's finances (Retirement Commission).
Source: this village's entry on the Retirement Villages Register, read 15 October 2026.
About the village
Our Mission Statement : To provide the facilities and environment that allow you the freedom to live the lifestyle you enjoy.
In the village's own words, from its Eldernet listing.
Care homes nearby
- CHT Te Awamutu Care Home on site or next door · rest home, hospital, dementia
- Te Ata 1.7 km away · rest home
- San Michele Home and Hospital 2.0 km away · rest home, hospital
- Camellia Resthome 2.8 km away · rest home
Where this comes from
- Address
- 397 Swarbrick Drive, Te Awamutu
- Operator
- Independent
- Phone
- (07) 871 2020
- Website
- highfieldcountryestate.co.nz
- Source: Eldernet listing (highfield-country-estate), read 15 and 16 October 2026 (listing, care levels, units for sale)
- Source: highfieldcountryestate.co.nz, read 15 and 16 October 2026
- Source: Retirement Villages Register entry, read 15 October 2026 (registration and statutory supervisor)
Confidence: Medium. Exit fee % and weekly fee are directly quoted from the FAQ; capital gain, refund timing, entry prices and disclosure statement link are genuinely not published online
Research note
Listed every raw href on the homepage; none is a PDF or disclosure-statement link. Site directs to 07 871 2020 / contact page for an "Information Pack". Note the site's own term for the exit fee is "Village Contribution", functioning as the deferred management fee per the FAQ's own description.
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