Chichester Cottage

A 90-year-old community venue available to hire, with a petanque court outside.

Hobsonville Point Residents Society received Chichester Cottage from Kāinga Ora for use as a community venue. We ask that hirers treat our 90-year-old cottage with respect and leave it the way they found it.

Request a booking

Check the calendar and ask for a date and time.

Questions and answers

Cost, capacity, kitchen, parking and cleaning up.

Terms of hire

The terms you accept when you pay for a hire.
Chichester Cottage: a small dark-stained weatherboard building with white doors standing open onto a gravel forecourt, under a magnolia
The cottage set up for an event, its doors open onto tables and chairs, with a sign on the path reading Chichester Cottage open for hire The cottage at the end of the concrete path, with a Norfolk pine standing behind it The cottage seen across a garden bed in flower, framed by trees

Hiring the cottage
Hours 6am to 10pm daily
Rate $30 per hour
Address 192B Buckley Avenue, Hobsonville Point, Auckland 0618

Community services, non-profit groups and not-for-profit businesses should contact us to discuss reduced rates.

When scheduling, allow 30 minutes for setup and pack-down within your total booking period.

When it is already booked

Times marked busy are already booked. A free time here is not yet a booking: we confirm when we reply.

Before you book

Please read these first. The booking form asks you to confirm you have read the terms and the safety report.

What it is used for

The cottage suits small group meetings, family gatherings, classes, workshops, therapy sessions and shared workspace. There is a petanque court outside.

The cottage lounge: two sofas against a green wall, with polished timber floors A meeting room with a long table and framed prints on the wall Two folding tables on castors, arranged end to end The kitchen, with a microwave, bench space and a height-adjustable table

History

Francis Chichester in flying gear, turning the propeller of his Gypsy Moth biplane
Francis Chichester with his Gypsy Moth.

The cottage was built around 1927 by Doug and Audrey Mill, originally as temporary housing while their main residence was under construction. It later became a photography darkroom for their aerial photography venture.

It is named after Francis Chichester, who stayed there nearly 90 years ago while preparing for his 1931 solo flight across the Tasman Sea in a Gypsy Moth biplane, the first such crossing. He later became the first person to single-handedly circumnavigate the globe, at the age of 65, and was knighted for it.