This is a home for people who notice how things are put together; brand new, stand-alone, owner-occupier standard throughout, with none of the compromises that show up in a build done to a budget.

Approximately 186sqm over three levels, and each level has a job. Four double bedrooms and three and a half bathrooms - enough that nobody is queuing in the morning and guests never feel like an imposition.

The ground floor earns its keep. Two bedrooms served by a full bathroom, a single internal-access garage, and direct access out to a generous deck. It's a level that can be whatever you need it to be - a guest suite, a home office, room for teenagers, or somewhere for parents to stay comfortably long-term. With its own outdoor space and enough separation from the main living areas that everyone keeps their own rhythm.

The middle floor is where the house opens up. Kitchen, dining and living share one light-filled level, and the dining and living areas step straight out to a north-facing balcony that holds the sun from morning through to evening.

The kitchen is properly equipped. A Fisher & Paykel tower pairs a full-size oven with a steam oven, so a weeknight dinner and a Christmas lunch never get in each other's way, while the stone-tiled island gives everyone somewhere to gather.

The top floor is private and generous. Two bedrooms, each with its own ensuite and the main suite adds an oversized walk-in wardrobe, the kind of storage that usually gets designed out of a home this size. No shared bathroom, no negotiating over who gets which room, and no queue in the morning. Set apart from both the living level and the ground-floor rooms, it's the part of the house that stays quiet no matter what's happening on the other two floors.

Quality runs right through rather than sitting in one showpiece room.

• Underfoot is Jacobsen's Orchard textured loop pile - chosen for its depth of texture and its resistance to tracking, so it still looks good after years of real use.
• The bathrooms are a clear step above what you'd expect at this level: wall-hung vanities, Hansgrohe tapware, and crazy-paved stone floors that give each room its own character.
• Travertine runs through the house as a quiet signature - the side panel of the island, the pendant above it, the pendant over the dining table, the wall lights on the stairs and in the bathrooms, and the powder room vanity. That kind of consistency only happens when one person makes every decision. Designer-selected interior door hardware carries the same thinking everywhere else - the kind of detail you put your hand on a dozen times a day, and only ever notice when it's been done cheaply.
• The garage comes with an additional off-street park on the front of the section - genuinely useful day to day, and a real advantage when you have visitors.

The location does a lot of quiet work here.

• Murray Halberg Park is two minutes on foot - room to run, kick a ball, walk the dog, without ever getting in the car.
• Owairaka Kindergarten is a minute away.
• Mt Albert Station is 1.5km, putting the city on a train rather than a motorway queue.

A home built to be lived in, not just looked at.

Deadline sale - Wednesday 21st October at 1:00pm (unless sold prior)