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Scarborough Fair

19 Scarborough Terrace Mt Victoria

JUST SOLD - MARCH 2012

A truly delightful character property poised on the edge of the Green Belt on Mt. Vic with privileged views of the city and the sun to enjoy them. Mediterranean style patio at the front and colourful terraced garden with easy care flat lawn above, at the rear, with direct access to the green belt via the garden gate. Light and airy interior with skylights. Three double bedrooms. Master connects with rear garden. Three bathrooms (incl two ensuites) Double garage, rare for this area. Scarborough Fair. A pretty song befitting a very pretty property.

ENTRANCE
Park the car in the garage and walk up to the house. Enter via French doors into the lounge or a side door into the kitchen of this gorgeous villa that features lovely original Matai doors.

LOUNGE/DINING
The open plan lounge and dining area is very spacious with large skylights flooding the room with natural light. Features include richly polished timber floors, gas fire with lovely timber surround and a wall-to-wall built-in shelving unit to display your books and treasures. French doors open to the city facing, front verandah.

KITCHEN
The kitchen is generously proportioned and features a high stud, stylish polished concrete flooring and walk-in pantry. The smart custom made stainless steel benchtops are complimented by stainless steel appliances that include a Smeg gas range with 4 burner cooktop and rangehood above. (Second stainless steel bench currently moved to garage by tenants) There is attractive pendant lighting above the kitchen basin and a floating Matai shelf runs the length of the internal wall providing extra storage/display space.

BEDROOMS
1. Rimu stairs lead up to the lovely light and airy master bedroom suite with a city outlook at the front of the room and lovely garden outlook to the rear. A walk-in wardrobe leads through to the ensuite bathroom. In the morning, throw open the French doors to the pretty terraced garden at the rear of the property. A small boardwalk links the master bedroom to the garden.
2. Downstairs – Situated off the living area this is a double bedroom with built-in single wardrobe and skylight windows.
3. Also situated off the downstairs living area this large double bedroom features a built-in double wardrobe with storage cupboards above, and an ensuite bathroom. City outlook.

BATHROOMS
1. The main bathroom is located downstairs off the hallway and is a very spacious room featuring a polished concrete floor, bath with area above,
built-in vanity, toilet, chrome heated towel rail and large wall mirror. A built-in floor to ceiling shelving unit is perfect for storing towels etc.
2. The master bedroom ensuite has a tiled floor and features a shower, toilet, wall hung handbasin, chrome heated towel rail, small built-in cabinet and a skylight.
3. The downstairs ensuite bathroom has a tiled floor and features a shower, small wall hung basin and toilet.

LAUNDRY
The hideaway laundry is located behind bi-fold doors in the main bathroom. It has a laundry tub with storage cupboard below and is ducted for a wall mounted dryer.

GARAGE
Double garage on street level with roll up doors.

OUTDOORS
At the front of the home a verandah off the living area leads down to a lovely tiled patio with surrounding wall, giving a slightly Mediterranean feel to the property. At the rear a terraced garden is filled with established trees and flowering plants offering a beautiful visual colour palette. A small easy care flat lawn at the top of the garden enjoys the city outlook and features a gate that connects to the greenbelt at the rear of the property.

STORAGE
A generous walk-in cupboard downstairs is located in the hallway off the kitchen. The hot water cylinder is also located here making this a great dry storage area.

HEATING
• Heating – Gas fire in living area
• Hot water – Gas hot water cylinder

CHATTELS
Fitted floor coverings, blinds, curtains in upstairs bedroom, light fittings, Smeg range, rangehood, gas fire, heated towel rails x 2

LEGAL DESCRIPTION
Lot 16 Deeds Plan 91
Certificate of Title: WN46B/920
Floor Area: 110m²
Land Area: 293m²

CURRENT RATING VALUATION
Capital Value: $800,000
Land Value: $550,000
Rates: $3,778,48 per annum

Owners' comments

We loved living in Scarborough Terrace so much that when we moved away from Wellington we kept our house because we knew it was the only place we wanted to live in Wellington if we decided to come back. We are only selling now because we are definitely not returning to Wellington.

Scarborough Terrace is a very quiet and friendly street. We know all our neighbours and every year the street is closed off for a street party.

When we bought the house it was a 2-bedroom cottage with a lean to kitchen. We entirely rebuilt the back part of the house (kitchen, bathroom and upstairs bedroom). All the plumbing and wiring in the house was renewed at this time. The builder was a personal friend of ours so we know it has been done to a very high standard. The wall at the rear is made of steel reinforced concrete so it is very strong and it's effectively a retaining wall. Our builder commented that the framing of the old part of the house is made of Rimu and so solid you would need a bulldozer to move it.

The house is in a very sunny, warm and sheltered spot and we like lots of light so we have lots of windows, French doors and skylights.

Because we enjoy to be outside we created a tiled patio in the front of the house which is a very warm place to sit and eat or drink al fresco and we built a bridge from the upstairs bedroom straight out to the garden at the back.

Another great feature are the two large garages, which is really unusual in Mount Victoria where many garages are too small to get a car in.

The garden is a beautiful spot to see the town and a good viewpoint for the fireworks on bonfire night. We used to have a hot tub on the lawn at the top, which we heated up using wood from the town belt.

One of the best things for us was having direct access to the town belt behind the house. We often walked over the hill down to Oriental Bay for a swim all the way through the woods. Also being dog owners it was extremely handy.

In short, living at this location has all the benefits one would want. Being in the middle of the city, but having a green belt in your backyard, quiet, sunny and sheltered from Wellington's wind and it used to take our son 5 minutes to run to the College nearby.

I'm sure whoever buys our house will love living there as much as we did.

Features include

• Heating
• Built-In Wardrobes
• Close to Transport
• Close to Shops
• Close to Schools
• Ensuite
• City Views

Overview

• Property ID: 1P0341
• Property Type: House
• Including External: 293 m²
• Internal Area: 110 m²
• Garage: 2

Inspections

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