Setting the benchmark
Compelling design by award-winning-MAP architects, outstanding execution in build and a Fendalton address puts this superb family home firmly front and centre.
Set within secluded and professionally landscaped grounds, this contemporary property brings with it all the reassurance of a post-earthquake build coupled with an exterior crafted from the low-maintenance and attractive combination of concrete, cedar and zinc.
There’s some 365 square metres of well-designed living spaces here, configured into four double bedrooms, two bathrooms, an office, three living areas, dining and designer kitchen.
Built in a pavilion style, each area has its own defined space while still remaining easily linked for seamless living in which to entertain and with a future-proofed single-level profile.
North-facing with full insulation, double-glazing and the effective combination of underfloor heating, dual-sided gas fire and heat pump, this is the home you get to enjoy in considerable comfort regardless of the season.
All up, the scale and beauty of this Fendalton property, in all its serene seclusion, is a total showstopper, even in this blue-chip suburb.
The vast expanse of the northfacing living areas runs almost the entire length of the home, opening to the highly specified outdoor entertaining areas which virtually promise you’ll never be short of guests, whether you want them or not.
Fortunately, you’ll have the kitchen to cope, with its long banks of storage behind a smooth white fac¸ade of cabinetry, enduring granite benchtops and quality appliances. There’s room to move in this kitchen and the adjacent large dining area which makes for easy family living and entertaining.
From the front door of opaque glass to the ceramic tiling and oak detailing in the main bedroom, the design and layout of this home have been well thought out.
Typical of the high level of detailing and finish throughout the home are the luxurious bathrooms, each featuring a large walk-in double shower and twin vanities, with the master ensuite featuring a free-standing bath.
The focus in every room is high spec, fuss-free design to create large, light-filled spaces. Good use has been made of glass here, from the floor-to-ceiling windows to the expansive doors opening the house to the grounds.
It offers an uninterrupted line of sight from one end of the property to the other and accentuates the clean lines of the design.
Exceptional in every respect, this property has set a new benchmark for design at the top end of the market.
Highly specified throughout with little, if anything, left off the list to ensure good living, this is
the house you would very probably build for yourself. Happily, you now don’t have to contemplate months of waiting, up to your knees in construction materials and fighting over tap fittings.
It’s all been done for you, right down to the perfectly placed bath plug.
Positioned to take full advantage of all the retail delights and hospitality points of Merivale and Fendalton, a short hop to the Farmer’s Market at Riccarton Bush on Sundays and right in the zone for Christchurch Girls’ High School and Christchurch Boys’ High School, Elmwood Primary and Heaton Intermediate, this home has ‘‘buy me’’ written all over it.
It goes under the hammer the first week in August, if indeed it lasts that long on the market.