Bringing the Outside In

A private 'grandstand' for a light airy spacious home designed to bring the outside in.

Backed by a stand of over 200 pine trees and a little grazing and fronted by a perfectly framed city and coastal view this 440m² home creates your own private north facing plateau for peaceful contemplation of the panorama and witnessing the weather.

Glazing wraps a massive living space supported by solid steel girder construction. The wide elevated kitchen feels like the bridge of a ship from where you can connect with family life in the lounge areas below and beside. This is a room where you can choose how you use it, with both solid fuel and gas heating for those days when the sun is not doing the job for you. The separate room on the morning sun side provides an intimate space within the expansive one (for formal dining, study, a perfect breakfast room) and the huge walk in pantry keeps the sky lit kitchen's long benches free of clutter.

From the double front doors and foyer light floods into hallways which link the master suite facing the views, two more large bedrooms and the most secluded of the four which, with its adjoining bathroom, would be ideal as guest suite. Both bathrooms are huge, the master one has a bidet, and there is a guest 'loo' in the hall near the foyer. Generosity of spaces extends to the laundry and ample storage in this expansive home.

Triple garaging includes plenty of workshop space and a woodshed. One of the three linked garages has a three metre stud - for the boat or camper. A 'fruit salad' of a home orchard encompasses citrus, plums, passionfruit, figs, peaches, apples, persimmon, tamarillos, feijoas and kiwifruit vines and avocado trees. While there is enough grazing for a few stock in a small paddock by the trees the rest of the grounds are mainly semi tropical landscaping which shelters the home at the rear and sides but opens to the views at the front. Tucked in the grounds are two tanks for home use, double filtering ensuring pristine water quality.

The home and its setting exudes a hint of Mediterranean magic in a beautiful Bay of Plenty setting with a very NZ waterfall and bush walk 500 metres along the road. City amenities are handy: Tauranga and Papamoa 20 minutes away with the coast and beaches within equally easy reach from this superbly cocooning, generously welcoming, easy for entertaining lifestyle retreat.

Location
Few regions in New Zealand or the world for that matter have as much to offer as the Bay of Plenty. From the gentle harbour waters to its surf beaches, its fishing and diving grounds to the scenic bush, the Bay is as much a quiet recreational playground as it is a thriving business and rural community.
Key economic elements for the region include Tourism, Horticulture (predominately Kiwifruit and Avocado production), Viticulture, Pastoral farming, Forestry, Housing and Holiday Makers. The rapid growth in the area provides a vibrant living environment from job opportunities to business prospects with a sustainable future.
Tauranga as a city is one of the fastest, if not fastest growing cities in New Zealand. With a mixture of beautiful scenery, great beaches, cafes, restaurants and nightspots it is more than a city it is a lifestyle. The award winning schools also provide a key reason why Tauranga is proving to be such an attractive destination for both ex Kiwi's and migrants as a place to set up their new life in New Zealand