40 Apu Crescent, Lyall Bay, Wellington, 6022, New Zealand

Here’s your chance to live just a short stroll from the beach in a vintage, tightly-held three or four bedroom home with ’20s character and a picturesque garden where you can grow your own vegetables year-round. Sunny and private, it combines seaside charm and convenience in a delightfully quaint setting with grapes, olives and a garage.

Features include:

– Three or four double-bedrooms with three built-in wardrobes, bathroom with deep cast-iron bath, laundry with shower, and separate toilet

– Restored 1920s appeal, from bay windows and original floorboards to tongue-and-groove panelling and window seats

– Choice of living rooms, including formal lounge with woodburner, family room with gas heating and a north-facing sunroom with native timber sills: where better to soak up the sun on a winter’s day or relax in the summer twilight?

– Country cottage garden that abounds in produce, from the olive hedge for privacy and shelter at the front to vegetable beds and a modern greenhouse at the rear

– Wisteria-clad single garage for secure off-street parking or storage of the bikes you’ll want to capitalise on Lyall Bay’s new cycle lanes

– Safely set in lovely quiet street close to bus route and with direct access to Lyall Bay’s bustling beach and cafes