Discover a home crafted with intention, warmth, and enduring style. Designed and built in 2016, this property brings together timeless architecture, thoughtful functionality, and bespoke craftsmanship to create a living experience that is both relaxed and highly practical — a true sanctuary for modern living.
Tucked privately down a quiet laneway, the home offers exceptional seclusion coupled with a lovely neighbourhood. Guests enter to an immediate wow moment: stepping through the front door reveals an unexpected, stunning view across the pool and out toward the hills and Maungatautari.
At the heart of the home is the generous dining hub, with custom built-in booth seating. Renowned for its durability and strength, meranti ply was chosen for the bespoke kitchen, side buffet, booth seating (stained black), and the main bathroom cabinetry. The Jon Jansen kitchen shelves are authentic mid-century (1950s) pieces; two sets carefully repurposed, with new timber slats custom-made to complete the look. The oversized booth dining invites long meals, everyday connection, and effortless hosting.
The family room centres around a gas fireplace for cosy winter evenings, while French doors open to the courtyard to welcome summer breezes. Morning sun floods the living pavilion in winter, ideal for slow weekend coffees, and the slatted pergola provides cooling shade through the warmer months. The home’s smart passive design — including a 12 degree orientation, insulated concrete flooring, enhanced double glazing, and thermally broken window frames — ensures year round comfort without compromise.
The separate bedroom wing provides peaceful retreat and privacy. Generous room sizes accommodate growing teenagers with ease, offering space for sleepovers, study zones, and personal downtime. The master suite is a calm haven, complete with a reading nook, a well-planned wardrobe and en-suite layout to minimise disturbance, and French doors opening directly to the hot tub for evenings of quiet relaxation.
Both bathrooms feature luxurious, glass free walk in showers for easy daily use and upkeep. The restored clawfoot bath in the main bathroom invites long, slow soaks — a favourite indulgence. A third toilet in the laundry, with convenient external access, is perfect for gardeners, swimmers, and studio guests.
Double garaging with workshop plus another separate double garage with adjoining room has served as a glass studio by renowned artist Di Tocker and is built to the same high specifications as the main home, including a second attic for additional storage. It provides a comfortable, year round workspace — and walking back through the gate at the end of the day offers an unmistakable transition from work to home.
Evenings flow naturally to the sheltered BBQ area under the Shade7 umbrella, or to the outdoor fireplace where long, relaxed nights unfold with family and friends.
Native plantings frame the outlook and the thoughtfully designed landscape gardens which were featured in the NZ house and gardens in 2021 create a series of outdoor “rooms,” each with its own seasonal personality and simple, low maintenance planting. Fruit lovers will appreciate the bounty: lemons, limes, mandarins, feijoas, and two varieties of plums to enjoy throughout the year.
This is a home that has been lived in with love — a place that offers comfort, connection, and character in every corner. A truly unique property, ready to welcome its next chapter.
AUCTION: 2:00 p.m. Wednesday 1 April 2026, NZSIR Cambridge (unless sold prior)
