Stunning recreational oasis
TENDERS CLOSE on November 15 for a stunning recreational oasis with sublime city and harbour views in Korokoro.
The five-bedroom, threebathroom house, at 49B Maungaraki Rd, is for sale for the first time since it was built 11 years ago on a 3098 square metre lifestyle section.
The mostly native bush-clad site includes terraced lawn, a spectacular al fresco courtyard with a swimming pool, pergola and spa pool, a leafy driveway and off-street parking for four cars.
There’s also an oversized internalaccess double garage with extra storage, a workshop and adjacent coatroom.
The 525 square metre house was architecturally designed and has a weatherboard, Titanboard and Colorsteel exterior, two lounges, a separate dining room, a home theatre room and a gym.
Floor-to-ceiling glazing with a Maori motif depicting the creation of Wellington Harbour reflects the perfectly framed panorama of the entrance and reinforces the grandeur of the honed concrete block walls with negative detailing, marine ply ceilings, hardwood floors and atrium glazing.
The home theatre room, the first of the bathrooms and a separate laundry are to the right of the entrance and the garage/coatroom to the left.
On the main living level is a spacious lounge with views from Horokiwi in the west to Point Howard in the east.
It opens to a hardwood deck, has a gas fireplace and adjoins the entertainers’ kitchen with its granite benchtops, dual Miele ovens, induction hob, rangehood and island with two single DishDrawer dishwashers.
The adjacent dining room optimises indoor-outdoor living by opening to a deck on the harbour side and the secluded, tiered courtyard on the other side.
The main bedroom suite is off the lounge. It includes a tiled ensuite, separate powder room, dressing area, private deck and adjacent nursery or study.
The other double bedrooms, third bathroom and gym are downstairs, along with a large family room and an office set up for working from home because it has its own external access for clients.
Other features include an archives room, cold cellar, inwall and external speakers, four heat pumps, ducted heating, central vacuuming and intercom system. “This home feels like a private sanctuary with all of Wellington before you,” Craig Lowe, of Lowe & Co Realty, says.
“Most rooms have a view, you can’t be built out, you’re only minutes from a decile-10 school and play centre, there’s a bus stop at the end of the drive, and the position is exceptionally sunny and surprisingly sheltered.”
The property has a rateable value of $1.05 million. ADDRESS: 49B Maungaraki Rd, Korokoro.
AGENT: Craig Lowe, phone 021 764 647 or Aaron Nation, phone 027 555 5881. VIEWING: Tomorrow, 3.30pm-4pm.