This charming Clevedon four-bedroom home is a dream come true for craft-lovers who want to host functions and workshops, extended family or guests, or equestrian sports lovers.
The real drawcard for the over 15 ha estate is a huge art block where the owners have run The Forgotten Arts Centre, workshops that teach ancient country skills such as making baskets, forging knives, chair making, leather work, weaving, as well as soap and cheese-making.
The 635 sq m barn also has 14 horse stables, an office, a bathroom, a kitchen, and a conference room beside with the workshop area, all appointed with cool country decor, including a cosy sitting area beside the wood stove (that uses firewood from the property).
The vendors have thought of everything: the workshop and stable block is off-grid, powered by solar.
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One of two spacious living areas and the kitchen in the four-bedroom Clevedon residence.
And if cute country could get any better, as well as the generous traditional main homestead, there's a perfect little guest cottage, complete with verandah and french doors, white roses and two pretty bedrooms.
For owner’s and guest’s entertainment there’s tennis court, and a huge lawn for outdoor games and the house is wrapped in a charming veranda for enjoying the grounds. The pool house is another rose-draped gazebo.
The gardens filled with roses and rolling lawns, with the land ending at the Wairoa River (where you can moor the boat). The lawn is big enough to land the helicopter.
The guest cottage provides two extra bedrooms.
The Barfoot & Thompson agents Wayne Rawson and Marylin Van Wagoner, who are marketing the homestead for price by negotiation, call it “understated, elegant and discreet”.
The 550 sq m house has two living areas, one of which leads to a music room and another to a dining area with the kitchen in between.
The walls in the kitchen and dining area are painted coral, which is contrasting with white cabinets, sofas and a fireplace.
The music room is looking into the rose garden and opens up into the deck.
Light fixtures and cabinets are keeping with the stylish modern farmhouse decoration, and many rooms have dramatic Victorian-style colours or charming floral wallpapers that echo the roses of the garden.
The master bedroom is located across from the kitchen, with a separate bathroom and toilet.
The house also has an office, a billiard room, a separate laundry room, and a storage space.
This home’s garage fits two cars, but the property has plenty of space to park 10 vehicles.
The Clevedon property is handy to the village and farmers' market, but is less than an hour drive to Auckland Central and half an hour to Botany.
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