History, character and location
TENDERS CLOSE on Thursday [Nov 15] (if not sold prior) for a threebedroom art deco apartment with extraordinary space, views and character in Te Aro.
The 200-square metre residence, at 26/254 Willis St, is on the fourth floor of the Augusta Apartments complex.
The historic 1938 building was for many years the training clinic for New Zealand’s school dental nurses.
This is the first time since time its conversion in 2004 that the twolevel apartment has been offered for sale.
‘‘It’s an exceptional offering because of its scale, size, history, character and location,’’ Adam Cockburn, of Lowe & Co Realty, says.
The grandeur of the apartment is apparent as soon as you open the oversized front door and step into a light-filled entrance hall with polished floorboards and a stud height of about eight metres.
It wraps around a tiled bathroom and a separate laundry to a gallery with two of the double-bedrooms. They have walk-in wardrobes and face east across Te Aro and Mount Victoria to the town belt, from southern Willis St to the harbour.
The panoramic view is heightened by spectacular wall-towall, steel-framed, double-glazed windows, which extend from terrazzo sills through a doubleheight void to frame the outlook from the upper level.
Upstairs, the carpeted living/ dining room is on a mezzanine overlooking the lower level, has a high, moulded plaster ceiling and is open-plan with the galley-style German kitchen.
The latter stands out for its distinctive timber cabinetry and stainless steel surfaces, complete with polished floorboards, an ADDRESS: 26/254 Willis St, Te Aro
AGENTS: Adam Cockburn, phone 021 409 637 or Brent Gilbert, phone 027 441 5026. VIEWING: Tomorrow, 11am11.30am.
underbench oven, ceramic cooktop, integrated rangehood, Bosch dishwasher and pullout pantry shelving.
The spacious main bedroom has a deluxe walk-in wardrobe and a tiled semi-ensuite, with a spa bath, shower cabinet and toilet.
It also opens to a loggia that faces west for afternoon sun and views of Kelburn through an oversized bifolding window.
The loggia has a tiled floor and also can be accessed from a library or media room.
Other features include remote controls to open and close the windows, Aiphone security and an uncovered car park.
Cockburn says the building’s also undergoing the final stage of a noexpense-spared refurbishment and remediation programme, the cost of which will be covered by the Wairarapa-bound vendors.
‘‘This apartment has a very New York feel,’’ he says.
‘‘It’s not just another boring white box in the sky – it’s something quite grand and magnificent.’’
The property has a rateable value of $1,600,000.