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Priced from only $599,000, this is your opportunity to stop waiting & ‘Start Living’ in Warkworth – the hub of the Matakana Coast, poised at the edge of the Mahurangi River, yet still within easy reach of central Auckland.
Set on the southern edge of the beautiful and family-friendly Warkworth township, McKinney Hill offers 279 brand new homes in a master-planned new community designed around real life — not just floor plans.
Thoughtful spaces. Low-maintenance living. A place that supports how you actually want to live.
Drive to Schools
Warkworth Town Centre
Beautiful Beaches
Auckland’s CBD
McKinney Hill is located just 58km north of the Auckland CBD, offering you the perfect combination of laid-back, family friendly living while maintaining easy access to the hustle and bustle of the city.
Situated on the banks of the tidal Mahurangi River, Warkworth and the Matakana coast as a whole, offers a vibrant, welcoming community for young professionals, growing families, and those looking for a bit more space to breathe.
Pūhoi, Kaipara Flats, Mahurangi East, Matakana, Leigh and Wellsford will all be within easy reach from your new home.
A Peaceful Retreat With Modern Convenience
While being the rapidly growing heart of the Matakana Coast in the north of Auckland, Warkworth remains true to its scenic river town roots, offering a relaxed, community-focused lifestyle with many modern conveniences. It is a popular, yet still accessible destination for families, professionals and retirees looking for a better balance of town and country.
Along with easy access to great local schooling, you can enjoy a comprehensive range of amenities in Warkworth’s diverse shopping precinct, including supermarkets, medical centres, library, boutique stores, cafes, restaurants, country pubs and more, for a largely self-sufficient country village living experience, in a thriving town.
Plus, look forward to plenty of local markets, rural events, and easy access to idyllic beaches along the coast.
One of Warkworth’s most appealing features is its breathtaking natural surroundings. Enjoy a high quality of life with easy access to hiking/biking trails, boating, and many more energising experiences at your doorstep:
- Tāwharanui Regional Park: Some of the region’s best beaches and scenic coastal surroundings.
- Wenderholm Regional Park: A blend of calm, tidal beaches and coastal forest walks.
- Mahurangi Regional Park: Multiple quiet, secluded bays for boating, or a more peaceful, beach experience.
- Goat Island Marine Reserve: Clear waters teeming with marine life, ideal for snorkeling and diving.
- Wilson Cement Works Ruins: A peaceful step back into Warkworth’s history
Where Will You Call Home?
McKinney Hill features over 270 modern, low maintenance, well-designed, 3 bedroom homes that offer attainable Kiwi living. Where will your family choose to live?
Thoughtful Architecture, Practical Layouts, for Real Kiwi Lives
Every Start Living home is cleverly designed, carefully planned, and proudly built. We cut waste, not corners.
We maximise quality by focusing on what truly matters – functionality, dignity, and liveability.
Select a layout below for more information on and floor plans.
Type A / AR (Mirrored)
Type B / BR (Mirrored)
Type B / BR
Type A / AR
Start Living
Decades of Experience.
One Shared Purpose.
At Start Living, we develop more than buildings – we create the places where real lives happen. Our focus is on delivering smart, affordable homes designed for people, not spreadsheets. We believe the term “affordable housing” has lost its meaning. So instead, we focus on Starter Homes – homes that give Kiwis a foothold, a future, and a place to grow.
Start Living is led by Kitt Littlejohn and Ian Munro – two of New Zealand’s most experienced housing professionals with over 50 years of combined experience. After decades spent working across councils, central government, major developers, and infrastructure projects, they saw one too many missed opportunities. Start Living is their answer – a commitment to doing things better, smarter, now.
Kitt Littlejohn
Director
Kitt Littlejohn is a qualified lawyer with almost 30 years’ experience in resource consenting, council processes and development advice throughout New Zealand.
Kitt knows from living that homes house lives; that they create places of stability for families to grow, for communities to develop and for memories to be made. Getting the first one right can make all the difference. This is the vision of START Living.
In addition to START Living, Kitt continues to advise clients on complex resource management projects, is regularly appointed by local authorities as an independent planning commissioner, is a mediator, and a director on the boards of Haydn & Rollett, Ergon Properties and Waiheke Marina Marina.
Ian Munro
Director
Ian Munro is an accomplished urban designer and planner with a rare breadth of expertise. He holds Master’s degrees in planning, architecture (urban design), environmental law, and traffic engineering. Ian is a member of both the New Zealand Planning Institute and the Urban Designers Institute of Aotearoa, and has served as an independent commissioner for councils across the country since 2007.
Ian has a deep personal connection to the challenge of first-home ownership. He grew up in a modest starter home on the edge of Auckland, in a car-less household with no fences or floor coverings to start with — just the basics and a lot of hard work. That lived experience fuels his passion for making homeownership more achievable for others. Having benefitted from the opportunities this country provided his own family, he’s now determined to help more Kiwis access homes that are smart, affordable, and built to last.
Andrew Mackay
Business Development Partner
Andrew Mackay is the go-to expert for all things property finance, investment advising, and deal analysis. With years of experience in both senior and subordinated finance placement, Andrew excels at navigating the intricacies of structured finance and bringing projects together.
But Andrew is not just about numbers and strategy. He’s a visionary leader with a proven track record of steering high-performing sales teams to new heights, while helping businesses make sound financial decisions and reach their full potential. Andrew’s strength is not only in identifying business opportunities, but bringing the research and innovation needed to turn them into tangible results.
With a personal philosophy centred on seeing every first home as a step toward generational empowerment, Andrew is a perfect fit with the ethos of Start Living and a core contributor to is corporate vision.
