Some homes you inspect. Others you walk into and immediately start rearranging in your head.



This 1950s weatherboard has that effect. Not short on space, just honest about it, and it's full of the kind of character you can't build new. Original hardwood floors that have carried years of footsteps and still look the part. Windows in the right places. A layout that makes sense the moment you're standing in it.



Step into the open-plan living and the first thing you notice is the light. It moves through the room over the course of the day, and the floors catch it. The inbuilt log burner sits at the centre of it all, and it doesn't take much imagination to see the winter version of this room: fire going, something in the oven, nobody in a hurry to be anywhere else.



Then there's the part you don't see in photos. Three heat pumps and a smart vent system, so the whole house is warm and dry without you thinking about it. That's the thing about a character home done properly, you get the soul of the 1950s and none of the cold. Come through on a wet July morning and you'll understand exactly what that's worth.



Three bedrooms. A practical, easy layout. 417m² freehold, with plenty of off-street parking and room out the back for a dog with opinions.



Welcome Bay does the rest. Shops and childcare close by, reserves for the weekend, the waterfront down the road, and in zone for Selwyn Ridge School.

For first-home buyers especially, this is the one where the numbers work and it feels like somewhere you'd actually want to live. That combination doesn't come up as often as it should.



The vendors' plans are to move abroad and now offer the beautiful family home to someone looking for their next chapter.



Come and stand in it. That's usually when people know.



Contact Nick or Steve today.



Deadline Sale (Unless Sold Prior) 13th August 2026 4:00pm



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