Waimarino Queenstown Ltd, whose sole director is Andrew McIntosh, wants to build the expansive pad at Ben Lomond’s Forestlines Rise.
The total floor area of the swanky six-bedroom property’s 1184 square metres, requiring almost 3450 cubic metres of cut.
The upper level will comprise triple-car garaging, an entry pavilion, an outdoor pavilion/entertaining area, bar and cellar, a spa/gym/sauna, swimming pool and petanque court, as well as lawn areas and a services/plant room.
The lower level will boast the indoor living/dining and kitchen, the bedrooms, a media/cinema room, an office, laundry/mud room and bathroom/s.
Designed to be an "exemplar" of modern sustainability, plans include a low/flat roof profile, with living ‘green roofs’, and solar panels.
The maximum height will be 8.8m above original ground level — the only encroachment of the 8m height plane being a small area of the entry/master bedroom of the lower wing.
Expansive glazing’s also proposed on the southern facade to maximise the views.
Once built, McIntosh wants to rent it to a maximum of 12 people in one group, for a minimum of two nights a pop.
McIntosh’s other planned development — B Property Group’s Waimarino Luxury Lodge at Bob’s Cove — is set to go to Environment Court later this month.
In 2021, the company lodged a resource consent application to build 24 luxury villas, each on a freehold title, and communal facilities on a 1.8ha site, but despite a Queenstown council planner recommending consent be granted, independent commissioners rejected the proposal, which B Property Group subsequently appealed.
