Stunning home with waterfront views
ASPECTACULAR waterfront home with harbour views as stunning as its specifications and lifestyle is for sale in Lowry Bay.
The luxurious five-bedroom house, at 219 Marine Dr, is across the road from the water’s edge and an iconic boatshed on a landscaped 1430-square metre section with flat lawn, an enormous garage for at least four cars, an in-ground swimming pool and a deluxe pool house.
Renovated to an exceptional standard, the 333 square metre weatherboard-and-tile roof dwelling offers the ultimate in indoor-outdoor living with harbour views that stretch from the entrance to Wellington City and the western hills.
These can be enjoyed from both the formal lounge, which has a bay window, gas fireplace and Bose surround sound system, and the family room, which also has gas heating, Bose speakers and a sliding door to a covered, westfacing terrace.
The family room is open-plan with the entertainers’ kitchen, which has a 900 millimetre-wide oven and cooktop, a rangehood, double DishDrawer dishwasher, refrigerator-freezer, walk-in pantry, an island with an integrated wine fridge, and a scullery.
Off the kitchen is a dining room that opens to an east-facing terrace, as does the hall leading past a separate laundry to the first of the double-bedrooms (which has a tiled ensuite and a dressing room).
Also on this level are a children’s or TV room and a large guest toilet with a vanity and pressed tin feature wall.
Stairs ascend to four more bedrooms, including the main bedroom wing.
One of the bedrooms has a dormer window with a harbour view, and two have window seats overlooking the swimming pool.
The expansive main bedroom suite includes a sitting area with a harbour view and Bose speakers on one side, and a dressing room and opulent ensuite on the other.
The ensuite has a shower with mosaic tiles, a standalone bath, vanity and toilet while the family bathroom has a bath, shower, vanity and toilet.
Other features include radiator heaters, underfloor heating in the bathrooms, extensive storage, the pool house with its lounge, kitchen, bathroom and covered barbecue area, an upper level above the garage (for storage or a home gym), ample off-street parking, and two sets of electric gates for safety and security.
‘‘This is easily one of Wellington’s finest homes,’’ Craig Lowe, of Lowe & Co Realty, says.
‘‘With the perfect flat section for kids and for entertaining, all-day sun, total privacy, and every modern luxury, this will suit families seeking the very best.’’
The property has a price guide above $3.195 million and a deadline sale date of December 12 (unless sold prior).