A REMUERA MASTERPIECE

This Remuera home sets the gold standard in luxury living, writes ERIN REILLY.

244 Remuera Road

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After shots usually have at least a smidgeon of similarity with their ‘before’ versions.

But if you were to compare this home with what it looked like four years ago, you’d be truly astonished to learn that it’s actually the same house.

Formerly a spacious yet humble 1960s brick and weatherboard home,

244 Remuera Road, Remuera has been completely transformed into an architectural masterpiece that sets the gold standard in luxury Auckland living.

Cedar, concrete, black steel, and beautiful high-range double-glazed joinery combine to create a five-bedroom, fourbathroom resort-style home that oozes the kind of opulence you really only see in the movies, complete with all the trimmings.

From the entry foyer, a wide, sweeping staircase invites visitors upstairs to the pie` ce de resistance: the outlook.

Much of Lloyd Hartley Architects’ design revolves around the home’s sweeping views out to Rangitoto Island and the Waitemata¯ Harbour in one direction and across towards the city lights in the other.

Positioned on a north-facing ridge which overlooks the rest of Auckland City, the home offers beautiful valley views that cannot be built out and a rare sense of expansive volume that’s accentuated by the threemetre-high stud height. Every bedroom has its own ensuite, making each feel more like a suite than a place to merely rest your head every night.

The expansive bespoke kitchen features integrated Gaggenau appliances, butler’s pantry, and marble island bench, while the built-in BBQ on the covered deck makes for easy, relaxed entertaining.

Downstairs, the middle level opens straight out to the resortstyle pool, cabana, and pizza oven, and because there’s a second kitchen down there too (Miele appliances, this time), indoor/outdoor entertaining is seamless.

Vicki Wallace from Bayleys who is marketing this property says there’s so much more to this property than meets the eye.

“If you were to look at this property from the road, you’d truly not believe what’s hiding behind the gates,” she says.

“It doesn’t lack for anything. In addition to the heated pool and cabana outside, there’s a state-of-the-art soundproofed theatre, wine cellar, and gym with everything you need for a good workout too.

“Centralised heating and cooling systems plus a zoned sound system make it an effortlessly comfortable home to live in, while the electric lift to all floors makes it easy for everyone to get around the house.”

Wallace says there’s so much space in the home which has a set sale date of July 29, the new owners could very comfortably treat the top floor like it’s their own apartment, then have extended family, an au pair, or independent teenagers live completely separately downstairs.

“During lockdown, the current owners literally never had to leave because everything they needed was right here. This home really is of next-level quality. The next owner will never have to – and never want to – leave either,” she adds. Sale: Set sale date, July 29 Contact: Vicki Wallace, Bayleys, 021 988 585