Renovated Wadestown character a stunner
TENDERS CLOSE on September 14 for a stunning character home on an unusually large, elegantly landscaped section with drive-on and a double-garage in Wadestown.
The sunny four-bedroom villa, at 13 Rankin St, was built in the 1910s but has been extensively renovated and enhanced for modern living without sacrificing its period appeal.
The kitchen, living/dining areas and spacious, separate laundry were remodelled three years ago and about 90 per cent of the 220-square-metre weatherboard dwelling has been double-glazed.
It faces northwest on a 932sqm section with buxus hedging and lavender bushes at the front and at the rear a sheltered al fresco courtyard, insulated studio, garden terraces and a wide flat lawn.
The leadlight front door of the two-storey house opens into a light and airy central hall with a high stud, timber-panelled ceiling and native floorboards that extend throughout.
To the right are the openplan, centrally-heated living/ dining areas and sunroom.
The living area includes an open fireplace with a carved, native timber surround and a window seat while another window seat, with storage, is a feature of the dining area.
The latter opens to the courtyard and adjoins the stainless steel entertainers’ kitchen, with its 90-centimetre-wide Smeg oven, induction cooktop, integrated rangehood, Miele dishwasher, French door refrigerator-freezer and breakfast bar.
Also on this level are the main bedroom suite, a second bedroom and a study, the laundry and a tiled bathroom with a showerover-bath, vanity and toilet.
The main bedroom, which has a bay window view over Wadestown and Ngaio to Mount Kaukau, has a tiled ensuite, with a shower cabinet, vanity and toilet, and a double-wardrobe with storage above.
Two more double-bedrooms are upstairs, along with another living area with a heat pump, a bathroom with a shower cabinet, vanity and toilet, and doors to a deck-style bridge that links to the rear garden.
‘‘This is a property so well maintained and modernised yet retaining its character,’’ Nicki Cruickshank, of Tommy’s Real Estate, says.
‘‘It’s a home you will love to raise your family in and offers great space, both inside and out, that is hard to find.’’
The property has a buyer enquiry above $1.75 million.