140 School Road, Te Horo, Kapiti Coast, Wellington, 5582, New Zealand

Wow! “Simply the most alluring home I have had the pleasure to visit”. So said a local real estate luminary with decades of inspecting homes.

Gracing a prime spot in the increasingly popular and sunny Te Horo, just north of Waikanae, here is a home that will impress on so many levels. Spacious and gracious, it was built just 8 years ago to the highest standard and to a beautiful design that will excite a broad range of buyer tastes. It is a home and grounds meant to be loved and lived in – both inside and out.

Sweep up the drive through the electric gate and discover so many gems:

• Fold-back family-room doors open to a broad wrap-around veranda linking the home to an all-weather al fresco octagon. It’s called ‘party central’ for a reason!

• A much-envied outside ‘fun place’ centered around a sparkling blue salt-water heated pool and spa with pool house (BBQ kitchen, changing room and shower) and impressive fireplace.

• Amazing bunk room with 8 beds for kids sleepovers – and its own bathroom facilities

• 4 car housing in two garages, one separate from the house and an escape space for boys, joys and toys

• Separate cottage ideal for an office, Airbnb, Ma and Pa or noisy teens

• Just a few steps along from the iconic Te Horo school, the centre of the local community and ten minutes to Te Horo beach.

• 1 acre (4295 sqm) of easily managed grounds just an hour from Wellington CBD, close to tennis courts and a wonderful golf course

• Rustic wisteria summerhouse for a quiet escape, set-up for hammock snoozing

• Superb low-care grounds with a wide variety of trees and shrubs including an orchard with plums, figs, feijoas, apples, avocado, apricots, pears, citrus and a raised vege garden

• 3 bedrooms, ensuite with ‘his and her’ showers and large walk-in wardrobe, multiple bathrooms. Large office for work-at-homers.

• High end bespoke ‘Black Label’ kitchen and scullery complemented by family dining island

• 4 heating options: under floor, radiators, wood burner and built in electric plus solar-ready roof

• Unlimited storage within the home and in on-site container. Large chook house and glasshouse

• Be in for Christmas. Here’s a real chance to impress your family and friends!