34 Forest Road, Raumati South, Kapiti Coast, Wellington, 5032, New Zealand

For weekends or weeks on end, there’s nothing quite like the smell of sea air at your doorstep. An ambience of quiet contentment encompasses this untouched vintage. Seldom if ever can you buy a beach house with a vintage ’70s vibe that’s just as appealing today as when it was built.

The fact it’s had only two owners in nearly 50 years, and is now an artist’s residence, is testament to the quality of design and construction that decades later still distinguish it as a beachside benchmark.

Relaxed and informal it’s a retro-cool combo of lifestyle and architecture that captures light at different angles during the day and brilliant sunsets when dusk settles over the 1212sqm* of established plantings and natives.

The sunny, picturesque setting, with its ocean and bush views, evokes resort-like seclusion in one of Raumati South’s most sought-after beach streets that’s just minutes from village shops and community amenities.

There are four double-bedrooms, including a master wing with an ensuite and balcony. The fourth bedroom doubles as an extra-large guest bedroom that opens to the garden and would suit working from home two or three days a week or use as a studio.

The lounge, with its high ceiling, exposed rafters and big open fireplace, is an indoor-outdoor showcase and as well as flat lawn front and rear for entertaining, there’s off-street parking for five cars, an internal garage and a carport with storage.

With the opening of Transmission Gully, there couldn’t be a better time to buy an original collector’s showpiece just a quick drive in and out of the city. This is your opportunity to depart from the ordinary.