A new benchmark for a Titirangi property is expected to be achieved with the sale of this spectacular 730sqm solid masonry mansion awash with facilities on big 1.68-hectare grounds at 35 Huia Road.
“This is the best property either fellow agent Richard Cadness or I have ever seen come to market in Titirangi in terms of its space, options, facilities and quality,” Ray White agent Craig Smith says.
“It’s got everything and offers a cherished lifestyle.
“We anticipate it will be the most expensive home ever sold in Titirangi and it will still represent excellent value for money when you consider what this calibre of property would command around central Auckland.”
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The agent says 35 Huia Road is value for money when you consider how much this type of property would sell in central Auckland. Photo / Supplied
The current Titirangi record is understood to be $4.5 million paid last December for a home designed by architect Ron Sang for photographer Brian Brake in the 1970s on about 0.75 hectares in Scenic Drive.
This masonry mansion was designed by architect Pierre du Toit for its current owners and completed in 2000.
Its extensive facilities include a full-sized tennis court, swimming pool, spa, poolside pavilion, spacious office and substantial entertainment/billiards room complete with a wet bar and wine cellar.
This masonry mansion was designed by architect Pierre du Toit for its current owners and completed in 2000. Photo / Supplied
“We wanted it built to a very high standard. It has been a fantastic home for entertaining but also a wonderful family home,” one of the owners says.
“We love that the location is totally private and yet Titirangi Village is only a little more than 500 metres away.”
A stone walled driveway leads to the striking home accented with schist, which also features in two of the three fireplaces inside.
35 Huia Road has five bedrooms and four bathrooms. Photo / Supplied
Its rendered masonry exterior is painted in the warm tan of River Delta, which appears to be different colours in different lights.
A portico entrance flanked by goldfish ponds leads into a grand foyer, imparting a real sense of arrival.
Yet visitors commenting on elegant features and mansion-like scale also say the home feels very welcoming perhaps because the owners wanted their interior designer to reflect their love of colour.
The floodlit tennis court is on landscaped grounds incorporating lawn, gardens and bush paths. Photo / Supplied
The entry level centres around a formal lounge, chandeliered formal dining room and open-plan family-dining-kitchen expanse harbouring an oversized Viking stove.
These spaces all flow out to the pool, spa and separate poolside barbecue pavilion with gas fire pit.
The floodlit tennis court is nearby on landscaped grounds incorporating lawn, gardens and bush paths.
“It’s not like typical Titirangi properties because there’s plenty of sunshine and openness,” one of the owners says.
The lower ground level has serious man-cave credentials with a big entertainment room and billiards table. Photo / Supplied
The entry level also includes a guest bedroom, two bathrooms, powder room and laundry. Its internal-access triple garage is bolstered by a separate, freestanding triple garage.
The lower ground level has serious man-cave credentials thanks to its big entertainment room with billiards table, seriously sized wet-bar, accompanying wc and wine cellar accommodating several hundred bottles.
The upper level with far-reaching views incorporates another living area, a substantial office, a multi-purpose room currently used as a gym and considerable storage space.
35 Huia Road has extensive facilities including a full-sized tennis court, swimming pool, spa and wine cellar. Photo / Supplied
Its four bedrooms include the impressive ensuited master with deck, fireplace and his’n’hers walk-in wardrobes.
The current owners plan to downsize in terms of both home and grounds size for a new life phase including more travel and golf.
35 Huia Road in Titirangi, Waitakere will be sold at auction on December 18.
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