Te Horo Beach

16583110

Tender closes 4pm 25/8/22 (unless sold prior)

An award-winning Te Horo Beach home that blends idyllic rural and coastal living is for sale for the first time since it was built in 2010. Known as ‘Wairakau’, the unique four-bedroom house, at 133 Sims Rd, is on a stunning 4.0772 lifestyle block that borders the sea on one side and rolling farmland on the other.

The owners bought the property because of how it combines pasture and beachfront. They set about rebuilding the 1970s dwelling to create a magnificent contemporary home with a striking European sensibility that extends to a wood-fired spa pool and sauna in the sheltered garden.

The 370-square metre David Reid Homes design won a Silver Renovation Award in the 2010 Registered Master Builders House of the Year Awards. The front door opens into an entrance, with a double-height void, Kwila staircase with floor-to-ceiling glazing and a hand-made driftwood light sphere, and bamboo flooring. It leads to a gallery, the first of the double-bedrooms and a versatile art studio which has a tile-like concrete floor with embedded power points that’s typical of the attention to detail throughout. The art studio also could be used as a second lounge or fifth bedroom while the first bedroom, which opens to a patio, could be a work-from-home space where clients can enter independent of the household.

Upstairs are the spectacular living and dining areas with a double-sided woodburner on a raised schist hearth, tinted double-glazing, and lovely views of Kapiti Island to the west and Mount Taranaki to the north/west.

It’s essentially a very stylish urban home on a lifestyle property – the best of both worlds – that will appeal to everyone from first-time lifestylers to retiring farmers who still want to run a few head of cattle.