Wanting beautifully level, large grounds set the bar high for the owner of this high-spec family home when they sought a double Grammar-zoned location close to top private schools.
“It was a three-and-a-half-year search. And it was totally worth it,” he says of 5 Ingram Road in Remuera, Auckland.
“So many properties we looked at lacked one important element or another. Then we found this impeccable 422sqm contemporary home, north-facing and elevated on 871sqm of land.
“It had great indoor-outdoor flow to beautifully flat grounds, which my wife wanted so badly because we’d become used to them at our previous One Tree Hill home.
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“It had been purpose built by Jalcon Homes in 2014 for the family we bought it from. It was spacious with all the bells and whistles.
“What’s more it was in a brilliant location, at the upper end of Ingram Road with Victoria Ave neighbours, which makes it easy to nip out to Remuera Village, Newmarket or go for a walk around Orakei Basin.”
5 Ingram Road has five bedrooms, three bathrooms and a double garage, with off-street parking. Photo / Supplied
This makes it close to many of Auckland’s best private schools and zoned for Victoria Ave Primary, Remuera Intermediate and double Grammar.
The home’s Master Build Guarantee continues until October 1, 2024, with Jalcon’s weathertightness guarantee extending another five years after that.
The two-storey cedar and weatherboard home presents smart, contemporary lines to the street. People often comment once inside that on first approach they hadn’t realised it would be so spacious. It is fully fenced with an intercom-controlled pedestrian gate plus an automated vehicular gate.
This grants access to off-street parking bolstering the internal-access oversized double garage, with room for two large cars plus more, such as gym equipment.
The Master Build Guarantee ends at October 1, 2024, and Jalcon’s weathertightness guarantee extends another five years after that. Photo / Supplied
This impeccable 422sqm contemporary home is north-facing on an elevated 871sqm of land. Photo / Supplied
“Listening to people’s stories currently, when so many renovations are hampered by juggling tradespeople and a scarcity of materials, reminds us how wonderful it was to move in here,” says the homeowner.
“All we wanted to do was carpet the garage and extend the fit-out of the master’s walk-in wardrobe a little. It makes things so much easier moving into a home you can just enjoy.”
Entry reveals the beauty of the north-facing orientation, generous dimensions and generous storage and the under-floor heating which features throughout much of this technology-savvy home’s ground floor.
The light-filled and substantial kitchen-dining-living area features a butler’s pantry and American Oak flooring. It flows out to a LouvreTec-topped alfresco dining area beside level lawn, gardens and the heated swimming pool.
The property was purpose built by Jalcon Homes in 2014, and sits in the coveted double Grammar zone. Photo / Supplied
The light-filled and substantial kitchen-dining-living area features a butler’s pantry and American Oak flooring. Photo / Supplied
Sophisticated elements in this open-plan area include a double-sided gas fireplace and a wine cellar, both tiled with limestone. A neighbouring media room opens out to another outdoor patio.
This level’s office and an ensuited bedroom with walk-in wardrobe, ideal as a guest bedroom, enjoy a sense of separation. A laundry, powder room and cloak bay complete this floor.
Upstairs spreads out across two connected wings. All four bedrooms, which are each equipped with heat pumps, enjoy views towards the city skyline.
They include the master with walk-in wardrobe equipped with a laundry chute and bathroom-sized ensuite incorporating a bath.
The two-storey cedar and weatherboard home presents smart, contemporary lines to the street. Photo / Supplied
There’s a snug or reading area nearby off the landing. Rounding out upstairs are a family bathroom, powder room and abundant additional storage. The family are selling to relocate.
Ray White agent Steen Nielsen, who is marketing the property, says, “The rarity of such a beautifully-executed, generous and contemporary family home, which enjoys excellent school zoning and is north-facing with great indoor-outdoor flow to pancake-flat outdoor living, should not be underestimated.”
5 Ingram Road in Remuera, Auckland will be sold at auction on May 11.
