This supremely modernised character home in city-end Karori combines picture-perfect splendour with remarkable practicality in a private, sheltered setting that includes a much loved local landmark: a prolific Billington tree that the owners’ children plundered year after year to sell plums to passers-by. If you want a sublime haven that evolves with your family’s changing needs, this is the pick of the crop! Features include:

• Superbly configured with four double-bedrooms, two bathrooms and a study that could be a fifth bedroom — complete with two of the bedrooms and a bathroom in a guest or teenagers’ wing
  
• Open-plan living/dining and entertainers’ kitchen with heart rimu flooring and two sets of bi-fold doors to a west-facing deck that steps out to flat lawn, leafy seclusion and an al fresco terrace for the ultimate indoor-outdoor idyll
  
• Gracious formal lounge with an open fireplace for ambience and captivating garden views on both sides
  
• Central radiator heating for unbeatable warmth wherever you are in the house — imagine revelling in 20-degree comfort in every room
  
• Exquisite garden where the kids can have fun on a slide or in a sandpit, kick a soccer ball on the front lawn, play tennis in the backyard, and even mountain bike through a pocket of native bush
  
• Securely fenced and double-gated with off-street parking and a carpeted double-garage where teenagers can work out or party while you relax out of earshot
  
• Zoned for top colleges, on the bus route and close to shops, schools and community facilities, from swimming pool and library to Wellington's premier mountain bike park
  
• Buyer Enquiry Over $1,945,000
  

This is truly a home for all ages and stages of family life, from infancy to adolescence, on a huge, all-usable section in the heart of the capital’s most family-friendly suburb. Call Mat Baxter and the team on 022 564 7691 or come to the next scheduled open home.



Tender closes 12pm, Thursday 19th March 2026 at 8 Kent Terrace, Wellington (will not be sold prior)



Source of information: Property Guru, Nexus, Wellington City Council (non-verified)