Secluded, renovated character in Brooklyn
ASECLUDED character home in Brooklyn, with offstreet parking for at least five cars, is for sale for the first time in more than 22 years.
The five-bedroom house, at 1 Heaton Tce, was built in the 1900s but has been empathetically renovated to maximise the views and private, leafy 852-square-metre section.
The property can be accessed from Heaton Tce, where landscaped steps with a pergola ascend from a single garage, and from Washington Ave, with drive-on access, a triple car pad and a substantial double-garage with a workshop and storage.
The 247sqm iron-roof-and-texturedexterior dwelling is nestled among mature trees and faces northeast, with a large sunny deck for al fresco dining on one side and a sheltered west-facing courtyard on the other.
Original features include matai floorboards, a wide central hall, high ceilings and skirting boards, ornate scotia, and double-hung and bay windows.
Among the improvements is an upper-level main bedroom suite with a separate living area and panoramic views over trees towards Mount Victoria, with peeps of the harbour.
There’s also a central window seat and a walk-through wardrobe to an ensuite.
The other bedrooms and bathroom come off the central hall.
Two of the double-bedrooms face north with bay windows and have built-in wardrobes.
The third and fourth bedrooms are inter-connected; one has a built-in wardrobe, the other built-in cabinetry.
The recently refurbished tiled bathroom has a freestanding bath, large shower cabinet, vanity and toilet; there’s another bathroom off the laundry at the end of the hall.
The formal lounge adjoins a TV room and has a 2.8-metre stud, ornate cornices, bay window and two sets of French doors — one to the hall, the other to the open-plan kitchen and dining area.
Kitchen chattels include a 900-millimetre-wide DeLonghi oven, a five-burner gas hob, rangehood, Miele dishwasher, new Samsung refrigeratorfreezer, and a rimu-kauri-matai island.
The kitchen/dining area has jarrah floors and opens to the landscaped courtyard with a spa pool and gym/ studio that’s configured to be a home office.
‘‘One of the hallmarks of a good home is how long people stay there,’’ Nicholas Reeve, of Ray White Leaders, says.
‘‘And after 22 years, the only reason the owners are selling is to move to Auckland.
‘‘Homes as cocooned in privacy as this while being only minutes from the city are extremely rare in Wellington.’’
The property has a rateable value of $1.79 million and tenders close on Thursday, March 15.