Seaside inspiration
An inspirational seaside home that combines harbour views and sunny indoor-outdoor living with the ultimate lock up-andleave lifestyle is for sale in Seatoun.
The superbly-presented multi-level dwelling, at 36 Mantell St, has three doublebedrooms, two bathrooms, two lounges and an internal lift.
It has a weatherboard and reinforced concrete exterior with a Colorsteel roof and occupies a north-facing 309-square metre site with a large patio, north-facing balcony and delightful cottage garden with feijoa, mandarin and crabapple trees.
“We have just loved living here,” Wellington design Jo Luping says. “The house and the views have been a great source of inspiration for my designs, the kids can walk to school, we’re close to the coastline and Seatoun has a real village feel.”
A covered entrance leads to the front door of the architecturally-designed 206sqm house, which has been recarpeted, repainted externally and double-glazed.
On the first level are a lightfilled lounge, which has high glazing and opens to the recessed balcony, and the main bedroom suite, with its heat pump, walk-in wardrobe and deluxe ensuite (corner spa bath, glass-walled shower cabinet, vanity with white porcelain basin, wall-hung toilet).
Both rooms afford lovely views over Seatoun towards the harbour, Hutt Valley and eastern bays.
A mezzanine study looks further west and is on the same level as the other doublebedrooms and bathroom (shower, vanity, toilet).
The entertainers’ kitchen and open-plan living/dining areas are on the ground floor, where they open up to the tiled patio for a sunnny indoor-outdoor lifestyle that’s as enchanting as it is private.
The living space has a stylish built-in wall unit for accommodating a TV, audio-video components and books while the dining area has a heat pump.
The granite kitchen is an ergonomic showcase complete with a 900 millimetre-wide Smeg range with a five-burner gas cooktop, a rangehood, a dishwasher, and refrigerator/ freezer.
Other features include a guest toilet, internal doublegarage with laundry facilities, double-glazing, underfloor heating, a central vacuum system, and ample internal and under-house storage.
“This is a fantastic opportunity to secure, in one of Wellington’s
most sought-after suburbs, a stylish, modern and easy-care home that is futureproofed for years to come,” Melanie Harper, of Tommy’s Real Estate, says.
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