The good life
When you yearn for a lifestyle that offers all the space, serenity and seclusion of a rural lifestyle while still being able to enjoy easy access to everything you need, then this is property you want.
Graceful living in luxurious comfort and beautifully detailed surroundings is what is offered in this family home, which comprises all the space you need, inside and out, to truly live the good life.
The owners’ uncompromising approach to quality, interior design and a home that features practical family living, coupled with elegant entertaining spaces, has paid dividends here, resulting in large, light-filled rooms that open to the vast, landscaped grounds.
Its semi-circular design and predominantly white colour palette amplify the already generous spaces.
These include three living rooms and open-plan dining and kitchen area, which open to the expansive patios that mirror the semi-circular design.
Entertaining friends and family would be almost mandatory in a home of this calibre, and fortunately, the contemporary kitchen is more than up to the job of catering for them.
With an impressive line-up of quality appliances, generous storage, food preparation space, pantry and large breakfast bar, this kitchen also has a handilyplaced wine storage area.
The adjacent dining room opens to the patio and grounds, offering you the tough choice of dining inside or out over the warmer months, while the picture-postcard views of the grounds are available to you year round.
Having three living areas, a discreet library nook and separate office makes for harmonious family living, with space for everyone to do their own thing while being able to open seamlessly for large-scale entertaining.
If you are a family where half wants to hunker down in front of the television while the other half wants to curl up in undisturbed peace with a good book, then this is the home in which to do it.
Of the three double bedrooms, two open to the grounds, and the main bedroom, with its tranquil outlook, has a walk-in-wardrobe and highly-specified tiled ensuite.
Two further bedrooms enjoy a similar level of comfort and are serviced by a beautifully appointed bathroom that puts an end to the morning rush hour.
Further accommodation comes in the form of an independent sleep out, complete with a bathroom, making it ideal for accommodating guests, teenagers and returning children.
Alternatively, you can stake your claim and enlist it as your studio, hobby room or additional office.
Practicality is high on the list here, with a storeroom, fitted laundry, double internal-access garaging and an additional standalone three-car garage that will more than take care of your need to accommodate your vehicles, and provide a workshop.
In summer you can open the doors to the grounds and enjoy your private estate, while the ultra-low emission pellet fire, heat pump, double-glazed joinery and zoned underfloor heating will keep you warm and comfortable over winter.
Those of us who long for a freerange life where rural views and peace and privacy are paramount, will find this home ideal, placed in stately seclusion on a private rear section that offers three paddocks, an orchard, potager garden and well-established trees.
This is country living at its best, everything you need, and a whole lot of room to live the good life on the fringe of Tai Tapu township and just 15 minutes from central Christchurch.
Its contemporary style translates into large living areas opening to north-facing decks, covered entertaining areas and gardens, populated with mature trees and shrubs.
Every part of the 3.0002ha property demonstrates outstanding design and quality of build, surrounded by vast swathes of beautifully landscaped grounds.
Stylish and substantial, this property is a unique and most desirable proposition and its clever combination of large home, location and lifestyle will appeal immediately to the astute buyer.
Up for deadline sale on July 1st, you may want to get in early and beat the competition with a prior offer to ensure you secure it.
At a glance
Address: 768 Christchurch Akaroa Road, Tai Tapu
Description: Large and luxurious country estate, superbly decorated and detailed. Three bedrooms, two bathrooms, three living areas, office and independent sleepout with its own bathroom. Designer kitchen and adjacent dining. Double internal-access garage and additional three-car garaging. Vast outdoor entertaining areas and landscaped grounds. Highly specified and well designed.
Land area: 3.0002 ha
Deadline Sale: 1pm, Wednesday 1 July, 2020 (unless sold prior)
Viewing: Phone for viewing times or to schedule an appointment. Licensed Agents REAA 2008:
Chris Jones, Bayleys, ph 375-4700, mob 027 220-5043. Sam Sidey, Bayleys, mob 027 346-3500.
For more information visit Bayleys. co.nz ID# 5512310