Auction: 34 Shortland Street, City on Friday 6 November 2026 at 10:00AM (unless sold prior)

• Pancake flat, fully fenced freehold section

• French doors to deck and landscaped garden
• U-PVC double glazed windows in the main house
• Separate one-bedroom flat with its own bathroom
• Fully fenced with seven cars parking
• Minutes to motorway, Lincoln Road and West Wave

Welcome to a classic 1960s bungalow, cared for by the same owners for the past eleven years and now freshly painted and newly carpeted, ready and waiting for you to move straight in. The kitchen, dining and living room now open into one large, bright space, so whoever is cooking stays part of the conversation or the whole family can spread out without feeling apart.

French doors swing open to a large deck, and this is where you will spend your summer. Sunny, sheltered and screened by established landscaping, it is a wonderfully relaxed spot — long lunches, a barbecue with friends, a quiet drink at the end of the day, and all of it beautifully private.

Here is the part you will appreciate every single day: the main house has U-PVC double glazed windows, the premium end of double glazing. Add two heat pumps and an HRV ventilation system and you have a home that is warm in winter, cool in summer, quiet year-round and far kinder on the power bill than you might expect of this era. Warm and dry, safe and secure, with all of the character and none of the draught.

Out the back, a freestanding one-bedroom flat with its own bathroom opens up all sorts of options. Take in boarders, give the teenagers their own space, have grandparents or guests living in comfort, or claim it as a proper work-from-home office with a commute of about ten steps. Few homes give you this much flexibility.

The grounds are a genuine highlight. The section is pancake flat from boundary to boundary and fully fenced, so the children and the dog can be let loose with complete peace of mind. The garden has been thoughtfully landscaped and well established, giving you privacy where you want it and easy lawn where you need it, plus a garden shed for the tools and the toys. There are mature fruit trees as well, an orange, a grapefruit, a lemon and a lime, all still producing, so there is fresh fruit off your own trees through the year. Inside the fence line there is room for up to seven cars — so the boat, the camper, the trailer, the work van and the extra family cars all have a place here, which is something very few properties can offer.

Mixed Housing Urban zoning adds another layer to the picture, and on a flat site of this shape it is well worth exploring with your own advisors.

And the location makes life easy. The Northwestern motorway is only minutes away, Lincoln Road has all the big-box shopping with supermarkets, and The Trusts Arena and West Wave keep the whole family entertained. Best of all, the Henderson Creek walkway and cycleway is right beside you — walk the dog, go for a run or jump on the bike, with the network heading one way towards the city and the Waitakere Ranges foothills the other.

Eleven years of care have gone into this home. The updating inside and the landscaping outside were done for the comfort of the family living here, not for a sale, and that is exactly why it feels so settled and so easy to live in. The owners have now moved into their brand-new home, and handing this one on is the hardest part of that move for them. It also makes the instruction a very simple one: this property is to be sold.

Come along to the open home, bring the whole family, and see for yourself what this flexible property could do for you. Your next chapter could start right here!