Rural home on acreage For Sale, Havelock North,

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Immediately below Hawke’s Bay’s Te Mata Peak in the Te Mata Special Character Zone this very modern home was designed by the architect to blend into the ruggedly beautiful landscape. Accessed by a long, private sealed drive the property is only 10 minutes to the centre of Havelock North Village.

This beautiful contemporary home was designed by architect Gavin Cooper to blend sympathetically into the extraordinarily beautiful landscape which surrounds the home and property and its carefully landscaped gardens further accentuate its situation. This is a site and home with some of the finest elevated vistas anywhere in Hawke’s Bay. There are amazing views north over the Heretaunga Plains to the port of Napier and the City. To the north east lies the Pacific Ocean and to the West over the Plains are the spectacular Kaweka and Ruahine Mountain Ranges.

The property sits immediately below the Te Mata Park and Te Mata Peak. The park and its surrounds including this property is recognised for its outstanding natural landscape and is zoned and protected as the Te Mata Special Character Zone within the Hastings District Plan. The property is 6.0108 hectares in size (just under 15 acres) being mostly medium and some steep hillside in pasture used for cattle grazing.

This is a two story dwelling constructed in early 2000’s to the very highest industry and designer home standards. Total floor area is 301 m2 plus double integral garaging of 49 m2. The exterior was designed to blend with the natural environment with a natural Hinuera stone feature wall and other walls of solid rock coat plaster. The interior has conventional plaster linings and feature Hinuera stone walls. American Beach Veneer was applied to the main feature ceiling and Italian stone tiles to the main kitchen and living areas. The internal fittings and kitchen equipment are all of the highest European quality available.

There is an open plan kitchen and family room as well as another separate living room. There are 4 double bedrooms with master bedroom ensuite, a spacious family bathroom, large dedicated laundry and 3 toilets in total through the home. The extensive picture windows capture the sun throughout the day and by consequence in winter this is a naturally warm house. There is a gas fire and modern under-floor heating.

There is a reliable high quality spring water domestic water supply fed to storage tanks with gravity feed to the residence and a high pressure domestic water pump.

Access to the home is via a fully sealed, long private road accessed from Havelock North’s Durham Drive, which guarantees substantial privacy and a very quiet, peaceful living environment. The property is no more than 10 minutes drive from the centre of Havelock North and a further 5 minutes from Hastings City.