Wharf Offices apartment

TENDERS CLOSE on October 11 for an exceptionally warm and quiet

Wellington Central apartment with a sea view in the historic Wharf Offices.

The recently refurbished twobedroom residence, at 2.1/1 Queens Wharf, is for sale for the first time in 11 years and comes with two car parks and an external storeroom.

It’s one of only two apartments on the second level and one of only three in the prestigious complex that has an oriel, or spacious corner bay, that’s effectively another living space.

The front door of the 120-square metre apartment opens into an entrance with stunning recycled native timber floorboards that also distinguish the dining area, kitchen and hall.

The dining area is open-plan with the lounge, which is carpeted and adjoins the southeast-facing, five-window oriel with its broad views.

They extend from Jervois Quay and The Bond Store across Queens Wharf to the inner harbour, Roseneath, Eastbourne and the Orongrorongo range.

Five windows flood the living/ dining area with natural light while a large rectangular wall mirror that’s included in the chattels reflects the view.

The well-appointed kitchen combines a breakfast bar with new Bosch appliances – wall oven, matching microwave oven, dishwasher – and a rangehood, Aristan cooktop and Sharp refrigerator-freezer.

The main bedroom overlooks a pohutukawa tree that abounds with birds and has a walk-through wardrobe to an ensuite with a shower cabinet, vanity, toilet and spectacular antique mirror that occupies most of one wall.

The second double-bedroom has a double-wardrobe and a storage cupboard while the bathroom includes a shower-over-bath, vanity, toilet and hideaway laundry.

‘‘This is one of the few apartments in the Wharf Offices to have a genuine sea view,’’ Carol Radford, of Ray White, says.

‘‘Efficient heating and insulation also makes it amazingly warm and quiet. It’s recently been repainted and re-carpeted, and the floorboards have been freshly lacquered.’’

She says the vendor, who had been renting in the city for a year, bought the apartment because of its central location, single-level layout, sunny oriel, the bonus of two car parks and extra storage, ADDRESS: 2.1/1 Queens Wharf, Wellington Central.

AGENT: Carol Radford, phone 027 445 4228.

VIEWING: Tomorrow, 1pm1.45pm. and multiple windows with 10 millimetre-thick glazing.

‘‘The Wharf Offices was the first redevelopment of a building in Wellington for apartment living,’’ Radford says.

‘‘It was done by the best of the best at the time. It was oversubscribed three times and continues to be very popular.’’

The apartment is expected to sell for about $1 million.