Akaroa Cabins

About Akaroa Cabins

Akaroa Cabins works almost entirely on Banks Peninsula and the inland-Canterbury back-blocks where the grid simply doesn't reach. Their off-grid kit is the same regardless of price tier: 6 kW PV, 14 kWh LiFePO4, 3,000L rainwater, dispersal-field design lodged with Environment Canterbury. They don't ship outside the South Island.

Signature style

Off-grid only, full ECan dispersal-field design

Models they build

• One-bed cabin

  20–30 m², full consent path, lives as a self-contained home.

  $110k–$175k

• Off-grid self-contained

  20–30 m² with solar, batteries, composting WC, rainwater & greywater on board.

  $145k–$215k

Towns they service

• Akaroa
• Little River
• Lyttelton
• Banks Peninsula
• Inland Canterbury

Case studies featuring Akaroa Cabins

• Caro & Liam, Wainui

  An off-grid one-bed on Banks Peninsula

  30 m² off-grid build on a 4 ha block above Wainui. 6 kW solar, 14 kWh battery, 3,000L rainwater, full Environment Canterbury dispersal-field design. Lived in year-round, no grid connection.

  $198.4k · 19 weeks