“Beerehaven House Tea Rooms”

77 Marine Parade Seatoun

Built circa 1885, one of Seatoun's earliest landmarks, known as Beerehaven Tearooms and Accommodation, was a popular rest stop for overnight travellers from the ferry and seaside day trippers from Wellington to partake in refreshments of tea and sandwiches.

The original tearoom/homestead perfectly blends the best of its character-filled features from the past with modern conveniences to create a wonderful family home and garden.

This classic historic residence has been completely restored retaining its period features and charm, which include an impressively proportioned formal lounge with zinc-plated ceiling and period fireplace. Separate formal dining room, and family room, allowing for entertaining on a grand scale.

A spacious well-appointed kitchen with adjoining casual dining and sitting room.

The living areas and two of the four bedrooms have doors opening out to the verandahs creating indoor/outdoor flow to the main garden, lawn or courtyard.

There are two renovated bathrooms, one being the master bedrooms ensuite.

The current owners and their children have enjoyed this slice of Seatoun's history and the relaxed Seatoun seaside lifestyle for many years. Now perhaps it's your family's turn to take advantage of all this special home has to offer.

This is a superb landmark property, admired and loved by many.

The Entrance

A classic European entrance directly from the street into the sunroom and in turn into the lovely long wide central hallway. Or drive on to level access from the rear and walk through the garden and covered entrance into the foyer and central hallway, where your first impression is of the age of the house with its beautiful wooden floors and woodwork, which is to be found
throughout the home.

Formal Lounge

The spacious proportions, native timber floors and superb zinc ceiling come together to make this a very elegant room. Featuring a fireplace set into the period brick hearth and Rimu mantel, balanced by large sash windows, taking in the back drop of the harbour. French doors open out to the verandah and courtyard.

Formal Dining Room

A room for entertaining with a hint of informality, having ample space for a large dining room table. A room that invites that long leisurely lunch.

Featuring a period fireplace and French doors opening out to take in the beautiful bricked patio and garden. Excellent flow for BBQ's.

Family/TV Room

Another spacious room set aside for family entertaining featuring wooden floors and sash windows with view through to the wharf and harbour.

Kitchen/Casual Dining

An impressive large light filled room providing a well-appointed kitchen, conveniently adjacent casual dining/family room. Tastefully renovated with kauri joinery and granite bench tops with Stainless Steel insert and waste-master. Fisher and Paykel electric stove with ceran top and range hood. Asko dishwasher and fridge freezer set in a bank of pantry, cupboard and utility space, lining the walls hiding everything away. The breakfast bar provides a functional balance of family comfort and convenience.

The room is open plan to a casual dining/seating area, which opens out to the verandah and patio area. Once again providing excellent flow for alfresco dining.

Bedroom 1

A beautiful large double room with French doors opening to the verandah giving this room a peaceful charm. There is a bank of wardrobe space, plus ensuite.

Bedroom 2

Another lovely large double, sash windows and 3 sets wardrobes.

Bedroom 3

A single room with sash windows over looking the garden and harbour with access to the verandah.

Bedroom 4

Another double room off the sunroom walled by glass on two sides, giving picture views of the Seatoun foreshore and the wharf.

Bathroom

(1) Main: Comprises of a spa bath, shower and hand basin set into a large wooden vanity unit. Heated towel rail x 3. Toilet and skylight. All complemented by European styled tiled floors.

(2) Ensuite: Comprises of a shower, a hand basin set in a vanity unit, framed by linen and medicine cupboards, toilet, heated towel rail and Goldair fan.

Laundry

The laundry has space for the washing machine with the dryer and provides built in cupboards. The floors are tiled.

Garage

There is a large double garage, which has level access from the street.

Garden

The garden is set on a sunny level site and is well contained for young family or pets. It is absolutely delightful, fringed by beds and hedges, which are a profusion of flowering colour and coastal planting. Providing lawn areas and a beautifully patterned, inlaid brick courtyard.

Land Area

The land area is 680 square metres more or less. There is 37 square metres of council land encroachment on its southern boundary.

Legal Description

The land is legally described as all that parcel of land containing 680 square metres more or less, being Lot 1 on Deposited Plan 304765.

Floor Area

The home has a floor area of 250 square metres more or less.

Rateable Value

The Rateable Value as at 2003 is as follows:

Land Value : $500,000
Value of Improvements : $120,000
Rateable Value : $720,000


Rates

The rates for 2003 are $3030.38 approximately.

Chattels

Fitted floor covering, blinds, drapes, light fittings (excluding the gas light in the sunporch), dishwasher, wastemaster, electric stove, rangehood fridge/freezer, heated towel rails x 4, alarm system.