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Lifestyle block sheds for Ohoka, Canterbury

Ohoka is a small semi-rural township north of Christchurch, surrounded by lifestyle blocks. Our pole sheds here are sized bay by bay to what the block needs, and Phil can take the inside through to a finished man cave.

Get a quote in Ohoka Or call 0800 001 297
Pole sheds
Lifestyle, farm and garage sheds, slab and all
Fit-outs
Lined rooms, bars and man caves
Licensed
Phil is a Licensed Building Practitioner
25+ years
Building across Christchurch and Canterbury
A three-bay pole shed with round timber poles and open fronts, on a gravel pad below tussock hills
A pole shed on a hill block, the front bays left open for machinery.

Ohoka at a glance

Council
Waimakariri District Council
Zone
Lifestyle blocks and larger lots
Wind and snow
Low-lying, so the lightest snow loads
Ground
Flood rules over parts of the area
Get a quote in Ohoka

What we build in Ohoka

From the slab to the fit-out

One builder from bare ground to a finished shed: Phil and the team pour the slab, stand the poles, clad it, then fit it out inside if you want.

  1. Timber posts braced in a boxed slab area behind a house, with steel mesh laid before the concrete pour

    The slab

    Posts braced, the slab boxed and meshed, ready for the pour.

  2. Timber posts and rafters standing on a new concrete slab, with scaffolding, on a rural block with a shelterbelt behind

    Poles and frame

    Poles stood, bearers and rafters up, bracing in.

  3. A steel-clad shed with two open bays and a window, on a gravel pad beside a post-and-rail fence

    Clad and roofed

    Roof and walls on, roller doors and windows where you want them.

  4. Inside a finished shed room: plywood-lined walls and ceiling, dark carpet and a glazed door

    Lined inside

    Ply walls and ceiling, carpet down, a door you can lock.

  5. A garage fitted out as a bar: dark timber panelling, a long timber bar top, lit spirits shelves and a dartboard alcove

    Fitted out

    A bar, a games room or a place to watch the rugby.

How a shed job runs in Ohoka

  1. Tell us about the shed

    Use the planner, call, or send the form with a few photos of the site.

  2. Phil comes out and quotes

    He walks the site with you, checks the zone and the ground, and quotes the job himself.

  3. Know what happens when

    You get a timeline for the build and staged payments that match your job, so you know what’s coming next.

  4. Slab, poles and frame

    The team boxes and pours the slab, stands the poles and puts the frame and roof up.

  5. Clad, closed in, fitted out

    Cladding, doors and windows go on, then the lining and fit-out if you want one.

A cedar weatherboard shed with a green corrugated roof, aluminium double doors and an open lean-to bay alongside
Cedar weatherboards, a green roof and an open lean-to bay for covered storage.

Three zones side by side: Ohoka’s shed rules

Ohoka is 7 km south of Rangiora, and the land around it, out toward Mandeville and Clarkville, is lifestyle blocks with room for a proper shed.

Which rules a shed meets turns on the zone, and Ohoka has three. Rural Lifestyle land asks 4 ha per house; a shed there needs 10 m clear of the road and 3 m from neighbours, and shares a 20% coverage cap, with 550 m² the most for any one building. The Large Lot Residential pockets allow a house per 5,000 m², but a shed there keeps 5 m from boundaries, or 10 m where it backs onto rural land, and stops at 8 m. Ohoka village is Settlement Zone, where a shed can sit 1 m from a side boundary and 2 m from the road.

Parts of the lifestyle and large lot land are mapped inside the Non-Urban Flood Assessment Overlay. An implement shed, a detached garage or anything under 25 m² is outside it. Give the shed a living space, or plumb in sewage and drinking water together, and its floor has to meet the certificate level the council sets; on a site in a high hazard area, that same building is non-complying. At about 23 m above sea level, Ohoka sits in the lowest snow band.

A cedar-clad store with black corner trims, a corrugated roof and black spouting and downpipes
A cedar-clad store finished with black trims and spouting.

Planning a shed in Ohoka

  1. Look up your zone on the district plan map before choosing a spot: in Ohoka the side setback can be 3 m, 5 m or 1 m depending on which side of a zone line you’re on.
  2. Adding a toilet or a lived-in room to the shed changes its floor height on flood overlay land, so put it in the first message to Phil.
  3. On Rural Lifestyle land the plan allows 20% building coverage and up to 550 m² in a single building, which leaves a 4 ha block plenty of room for a big shed.

Questions about building in Ohoka

Will my Ohoka pole shed need a building consent?

It comes down to your zone and the size of the shed. Small sheds of 30 m² or less can be exempt in any zone if they satisfy Schedule 1, which includes a 1 m gap to boundaries and to the house. Bigger pole sheds fall under a separate exemption that covers rural-zoned land and needs a Licensed Building Practitioner doing or supervising the work, and Ohoka has Rural Lifestyle, Large Lot and Settlement land side by side, so Phil confirms which rules your block falls under on his quoting visit.

Nearby: Swannanoa, Kaiapoi, Rangiora, Harewood. All towns

Get a quote for your shed in Ohoka

Tell Phil what the shed is for, how big, and where it’s going. He’ll ring to talk it through and set a time to look at the site.

What to send Phil

  • Photos of the site, and the way in
  • A sketch or plan, if you have one
  • Roughly how big, or what it has to fit
  • Whether there’s a slab or pad already
  • Your town
  • When you’d like it built

What happens next: Phil rings you to talk the shed through, then comes out to see the site and quote the job. Rather talk now? Call 0800 001 297.

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