110 Karori Road, Karori, Wellington, Wellington

This supremely modernised character home in city-end Karori combines picture-perfect splendour with remarkable practicality in a private, sheltered setting that includes a much loved local landmark: a prolific Billington tree that the owners’ children plundered year after year to sell plums to passers-by. If you want a sublime haven that evolves with your family’s changing needs, this is the pick of the crop! Features include:

• Superbly configured with four double-bedrooms, two bathrooms and a study that could be a fifth bedroom — complete with two of the bedrooms and a bathroom in a guest or teenagers’ wing
• Open-plan living/dining and entertainers’ kitchen with heart rimu flooring and two sets of bi-fold doors to a west-facing deck that steps out to flat lawn, leafy seclusion and an al fresco terrace for the ultimate indoor-outdoor idyll
• Gracious formal lounge with an open fireplace for ambience and captivating garden views on both sides
• Central radiator heating for unbeatable warmth wherever you are in the house — imagine revelling in 20-degree comfort in every room
• Exquisite garden where the kids can have fun on a slide or in a sandpit, kick a soccer ball on the front lawn, play tennis in the backyard, and even mountain bike through a pocket of native bush
• Securely fenced and double-gated with off-street parking and a carpeted double-garage where teenagers can work out or party while you relax out of earshot
• Zoned for top colleges, on the bus route and close to shops, schools and community facilities, from swimming pool and library to Wellington's premier mountain bike park
• Buyer Enquiry Over $1,800,000

This is truly a home for all ages and stages of family life, from infancy to adolescence, on a huge, all-usable section in the heart of the capital’s most family-friendly suburb. Call Mat Baxter on 022 564 7691 for a private viewing or come to the next scheduled open home!

Source of information: Property Guru, Nexus, Wellington City Council (non-verified)