122 MANGOREI ROAD, MERRILANDS
“Arborists worked with us to retain the better specimen trees and plantings and open up the property and grounds to the sun.” A copper beech still rises proudly part way down the slope and could be a striking feature with a new home built around it.
The work has also opened up the potential in this 1707m2 property – potential that is about to be realized following council acceptance of a scheme to subdivide it into two or three separate titles. The eventual split of this property depends on prospective buyers. Someone may want to buy the whole property with the approved consent and decide its future themselves. Or there could be just one new home built here which keeps the lower gardens intact.
The full scheme provides for one new apartment-style home up near street level, another below that would take up much of the remaining garden area, with the existing home off to the left as the third residence.
Each of the options has real appeal in a city environment which has fewer building sites available as each year passes. The location is just so convenient and was a serious attraction for the vendors as it will be for you. The property slopes down from Mangorei Rd, is adjacent to Te Mete Park, and has a valley vista. City and supermarket shopping, a variety of schools, and walkway recreation choices are all close.
“This setting has a lovely outlook and is not constrained by neighbours… and with Te Mete reserve as a neighbour, you can’t get better than that. This is a little sanctuary.” The drive sweeps down from the road to a generous sealed parking area in front of the house and at the doors into the integrated single garage. There’s a modern bungalow feel to the home’s styling, with fine finishing such as the piano-key detail along the trim board at the junction of the painted bricks and soffit.
Colonial style window finishes also add a dash of character to what could have been a simple white-painted brick home. That character continues inside with extra detail such as fine moldings along the edge of window pelmets and on door surfaces.
Open the front door and…WOW!! The home is quite the light filled stunner now. A neutral paint scheme throughout, new charcoal carpet and an upgraded kitchen with updated white cabinet doors and new appliances. Soft blue-green tiles rise up from the kitchen bench as a full-height splash back.
There’s an area adjoining the kitchen where a coffee could be enjoyed, or you can chat with friends while you are creating in the kitchen. The adjacent large dining-lounge next door looks out over the home’s covered terrace and the gardens below. The master bedroom is also located along this north-facing frontage and boasts a bay window to complement the one in the living areas. Leading off this area is a space that could be utilize as an office nook. Two more bedrooms are found on the western side of the house, enjoying afternoon sun and their own views across the bushy neighbourhood. The third bedroom has a builtin drop-down desk that would be handy if there was a student in a family that bought this home.
A heat pump powered central heating system covers your year round comfort.
The generously sized main bathroom is complemented by a spacious separate shower and toilet room. There’s extra space again in the separate laundry that opens out to a sheltered courtyard and at the bottom of the steps that lead down from this courtyard – a basement room that would provide a handy workshop or hobby space for new owners here.
Final decisions on the shape of the subdivision scheme are on hold, pending buyer interest. What will that produce – a single buyer for the whole property? Or a house sale with two more owners building on the proposed subdivided titles?
Treat yourself to an address and home or section to be proud of and book a private viewing with the seller’s agents Roz and John today.
Expressions of Interest - close 4.00pm, Thursday 23rd November 2017 (unless SOLD prior)