Watch the sunset in Plimmerton
AN ARCHITECTURALLY renovated Plimmerton home with spectacular views is for sale for the first time in 27 years.
The four-bedroom house, at 146 Motuhara Rd, was built in the 1980s but has been well maintained and modernised.
Within the past year it’s been double-glazed, reclad with stucco and a drained cavity system, and reroofed with Colorsteel.
Other recent improvements include remodelling the kitchen and living/dining areas.
‘‘I told the architect I wanted to be able to see the horizon and South Island from the kitchen,’’ Kath says.
‘‘We love the views, the sunsets and watching the weather pass by in 146 Motuhara Rd, Plimmerton. Jason Clark, phone 027 483 8808 By appointment. winter.’’
The 260-squaremetre dwelling is on an elevated 938sqm section overlooking Plimmerton Boating Club, T ı¯tahi Bay and Mana Island.
It includes a large internal-access double garage and workshop, offstreet parking, space for a trailer or boat, flat lawn, and a secluded terraced garden with fruit trees, sunflowers and a grapevine.
The front door opens off a wraparound veranda into a tiled entrance with a brick feature wall.
The open-plan kitchen and living/ dining areas are to the left and a second lounge, or deluxe home office or media room, is to the right.
The latter has a vaulted ceiling and opens to a courtyard with a spa pool while the living/dining areas open to a large deck.
The living area has a woodburner and stairs to the garage while off the step-up kitchen is a corner window seat.
The kitchen includes a wall oven, four-burner gas hob, rangehood dishwasher, and hideaway laundry.
Also on this level are a guest bathroom and extra storage.
A curved staircase ascends to the double-bedrooms with their built-in wardrobes and pitched or angled ceilings (one also has a mezzanine bunk).
The spacious main bedroom includes a reading or viewing area and has an ensuite, with shower cabinet, vanity and toilet, while the family bathroom has a shower over bath, vanity and toilet.
‘‘This is a fantastic 80s home that’s been updated and superbly maintained,’’ Jason Clark, of Clark & Co Realty, says.
‘‘It has stunning views yet is amazingly private and sheltered from the prevailing wind.
‘‘You can enjoy the view from every living area and bedroom, and you’re only two minutes from the beach.
‘‘Kath and Brian have loved being able to swim every night, spa under the stars and wake to the sound of the ocean – without living so close to the water that they have to wash salt off their windows.’’
The property has a rateable value of $1.09 million and a deadline sale date of March 28.