5 Tainui Street, Torbay, North Shore City, Auckland

Here's an unfortunate truth about kids: if you haven't found it out yet, you will.

As children grow, they literally eat up space, and what seemed like a nice, comfortable house when you bought it just isn't anymore. This is never going to happen here.

This home offers an abundance of room inside and out. Big enough and certainly nice enough from the get-go. To polish the gem a little more, the home has been extensively renovated. We are talking new kitchen, new bathrooms, new lights, new carpets, new paint, New Heat pumps & HRV, New big deck, oh and new double glazing. No expense has been spared.

The section is a flat 611m2 in size, so plenty of room for the kids and pets to run around and burn off a little energy, as well as still having plenty of space left for a veggie garden or putting green - whatever takes your fancy.

And then there's that deck, almost big enough for a game of tennis. But if that's a tad too energetic, then there's space for not just the barbecue, but an outdoor kitchen + dining area + lounge, and there'd still be room left to dance!

Inside all the bedrooms are proper doubles, and the bathrooms are both generous. The kitchen - Big. Dining - Big. Upstairs, there are not one but two separate living spaces, kind of bissected by the kitchen. And then downstairs, the master bedroom with en suite and walk-in robe, study, walk-in Linen cupboard (how about that!) and the third living, again generous.

Big enough to tick all your boxes, renovated enough to keep you warm and comfortable, and certainly stunning enough to show off.

The property is being sold by auction, and that is happening in our rooms at Harcourts Takapuna at 12.00 pm on October 2nd unless sold prior.