The Hill Pukekohe
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Retirement living · Pukekohe, Franklin

The Hill Pukekohe

elevated Pukekohe Hill setting · independent villas + in-home support + boutique care residence
Life Score
68
Strong
Capital Back
32
the money ↓
See what life here is like — then weigh what it means for your family further down.
The village

Life here

Set against the scenic rise of Pukekohe Hill, The Hill offers residents a coveted elevated outlook and desirable location close to a thriving rural community. Just four minutes from Pukekohe town centre, you're perfectly placed between local cafes, galleries, and medical services, yet surrounded by manicured grounds and garden walkways. Life here is designed around your independence—whether that's coffee with friends at the onsite café, time in the garden, or a quiet evening at home. As your needs evolve, personalised care and support remain right here within the village, so your lifestyle doesn't have to change.

Your home

Living options

Architecturally Designed Villas

Stand-alone villas featuring two or three bedrooms, positioned to capture northerly aspect and sunshine. Each home includes designer kitchens and bathrooms with stone benchtops, heated bathroom floors, master ensuite, walk-in wardrobe, and either single or double garage.

150m² to 275m² floor plans
Two or three bedrooms
Single or double garage
Designer kitchens with stone benchtops
Premium tile finishes
Scullery in most designs
Cedar cladding and Belgian brick exterior
Age-friendly layouts with no-step entries
Emergency call systems
Living options
A day in the life

What living here is actually like

The Hill Clubhouse sits at the heart of the village, offering world-class amenities and a carefully curated selection of experiences.

Amenities & Community Life

From the onsite café and wine bar to the boutique cinema and dance floor, everyday living is designed for comfort and connection. Residents enjoy a full range of health, fitness and wellbeing facilities, outdoor pursuits, and hobby spaces—all within the village.

Residents' lounge and billiards lounge
Boutique cinema and dance floor
Coffee bar and wine bar
Dining area and library
Hobby rooms and hobbies shed
Heated indoor swimming pool
Gym and yoga/exercise room
Spa, sauna, and massage room
Outdoor lawn bowls, croquet and pétanque
Manicured grounds and garden walkways
Campervan parking
Exercise classes and movie nights
Always something on
On your doorstep

Facilities & services

Residents' lounge
Billiards lounge
Boutique cinema
Coffee bar
Wine bar
Dining area
Library and reading room
Hobby rooms
Dance floor
Indoor bowls
Heated swimming pool
Gym
Yoga and exercise room
Spa
Sauna
Massage room
Treatment rooms
Outdoor lawn bowls
Croquet and pétanque
Manicured grounds
Garden walkways
Campervan parking
Hobbies shed
Peace of mind

Care for life, on site

If your health changes, you won't have to leave the place you know. The Hill Pukekohe offers these levels of care on site:

IndependentServicedRest home
✓ In-home support and daily check-ins · Personal care assistance · Onsite boutique care residence with private rooms
Care and community
Where it is

Setting & neighbourhood

The Hill Pukekohe is set against the scenic rise of Pukekohe Hill, offering residents a coveted elevated outlook and desirable location close to a thriving and vibrant rural community. Pukekohe town centre is an easy four-minute drive away and offers a selection of local cafes, bars and restaurants, fine food grocers and supermarkets, hair and beauty salons, art galleries, a library, medical centre and pharmacy. Auckland City's amenities and international airport are within easy reach via the motorway or direct train service to the city centre.

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Now the practical part

The money — what comes back to your family

You've seen why you'd love it. This is the part most families only discover at the exit statement — so we put it in plain sight. Every figure is from the village's own filed Disclosure Statement.

Capital Back score
32
Capital-unfriendly · #425 of 520
Better than 18% of NZ villages — yet the market median is just 46. The sector is tough.
Deferred fee
30%
charged on your entry price
Your share of capital gain
0%
operator keeps 100% of any uplift
Time to get capital back
not enough resales disclosed
Fees after you leave
Stop
good — many villages keep charging
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How the 32 is built

Nothing hidden — every component

The Capital Back score is a transparent weighting of five filed terms — you can see exactly where this village wins and loses.

Move-in fee you don't get back Deferred Management Fee — weighted 30%
30% deferred fee — lower is better.
25
Share of capital growth Capital gain to resident — weighted 15%
0% — the operator keeps any resale uplift.
0
Fees stop when you leave Weekly fees on exit — weighted 15%
Charges end on vacancy.
100
Interest if repayment is slow Interest on delayed capital — weighted 10%
No interest on delayed repayment.
0
The filed terms, in plain English

What the Disclosure Statement actually says

Every operator uses different words for the same thing — we normalise them so you can compare like with like.

%

Deferred Management Fee

30%

Accrues over your first 5 years, charged on the entry price.

Market: median 30%; only 16% of villages charge under 25%.

Capital gain

0% to the resident

Any increase in the licence value at resale is kept entirely by the operator.

Market: just 8% of NZ villages share any capital gain.

Fees & interest on exit

Resident-friendly

Weekly fees stop when you vacate.

Market: 220 of 520 villages keep charging weekly fees after you've gone.
Before you sign the ORA

The reckoning usually arrives too late

  • You're buying a licence to occupy, not the home — you can't sell, rent or borrow against it.
  • A large deferred fee is gone within a few years, whatever the unit later sells for.
  • Your family carries the risk of how long resale takes — and the operator's ability to pay.
  • None of this is hidden — it's all in the Disclosure Statement most people sign without reading.
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