Sun and space in Seatoun

TENDERS CLOSE on October 1 for a sunny and sheltered Seatoun home that combines extraordinary indooroutdoor living with amazing space and versatility.

The five-bedroom house, at 30 Mantell St, includes an integrated apartment, offering flexible living and bedroom space, and an internal double-garage with a glazed door to maximise natural light.

Architecturally designed as a builder’s own home in the 1960s, the 330-square metre dwelling has a cedar weatherboard exterior combined with insitu concrete formwork and a recently resurfaced Decramastic tile roof with painted copper spouting.

It’s on a flat 506 square metre section with off-street parking for three cars and a boat, landscaped garden, spa pool and four courtyards, the first of which leads to the front door.

It opens into a tiled entrance that links to the spacious eat-in kitchen with its extra-wide wall oven, five-burner hob, rangehood, tiled splashback, dishwasher and refrigerator-freezer.

The kitchen adjoins an east-facing TV or family room and a north-facing formal living/dining room.

The carpeted TV/family room has French doors to a courtyard with a pergola that steps down to a sheltered courtyard with a pizza oven.

The spacious living/dining room has polished floorboards and north facing floor-to-ceiling glazing.

The main bedroom suite has a tiled ensuite, a triple wardrobe and a glazed sunroom with French doors to the lounge.

In the same wing are two doublebedrooms that face west for late sun, a tiled bathroom with a shower and a bath, and a deluxe separate toilet.

Also on this level is a separate laundry with a drying rack, heated towel rail, and extensive storage with cedar shelves.

Downstairs, the fourth doublebedroom opens to the spa pool and adjoins the large open-plan apartment.

It has French doors to a courtyard for independent access and would suit extended/blended families, Airbnb accommodation or working from home.

There’s also a substantial billiard room / dedicated office off the garage with lovely garden views.

“This is a unique family home in a great neighbourhood,” Annie Newell, of Lowe & Co Realty, says.

“It celebrates the era in which it was built, combining a retro vibe with extremely contemporary living, and is tucked away on a private, flat, sheltered site with drive-on.

“It’s around the corner from Seatoun

School and the owners have loved their daily walks through the Oruaiti Reserve to the clifftop overlooking Breaker Bay and the South Island.”

The property has a rateable value of $2.2 million.