This very sunny North-facing contemporary design home was a Silver Medal winner in the 2007 Master Builders House Of The Year Awards, and nestles in a unique 13 acre paradise waiting to be passed on to a family looking to enjoy the country life, or as a retirement home or B&B. Only an hour from Albany and Whangarei, and 2 km from SH1 between Wellsford and Kaiwaka.
The open-plan kitchen, dining and living areas open out onto a generous curved kwila deck, with bi-fold doors from the livingroom and kitchen opening up the whole integrated living space for indoor-outdoor entertaining.
There are 3 double bedrooms, all opening onto decks, with the master suite having a generous walk-through wardrobe and full bathroom. There is a large family room/study/office leading off the kitchen, with plenty of built-in storage space along one full wall. This room could also be used as a 4th bedroom. Separate family bathroom and toilet, and a laundry with ample cupboard and bench space. The double garage has a good sized work space and internal access. Gas hob, hot water and Heat & Glow fireplace, and electric oven. Timber flooring in living, dining and entrance, and carpet in the bedrooms, hallway and family room.
2 fenced paddocks, one approx 8 acres and one approx 1.5 acres, ideal for raising a few beef cattle and sheep for the freezer.
Close to the house there are approx 2 acres of fenced native bush which includes puriri, kahikatea, totara, karaka, nikau, cabbage trees, rimu, kauri and ferns. Wonderful birdlife includes resident tui, wood pigeon, morepork, fantail, kingfisher, heron, pheasant and Paradise Shellduck.
There is a large established vegetable garden and a mixed orchard of fruits, including nectarines, peaches, plums, pears, lemons, limes, mandarins, avocado, figs, grapes, guavas, feijoas, as well as assorted berries.
2 x water tanks (45,000 litres total). Bio-Cycle septic system. LIM report available.