This grand English-style home at 175 Victoria Ave, Remuera, is one of several designed by architect Gerald Jones.
An impressive English-style garden surrounds the house on the large 1783 sq m property. Featured in a selection of magazines in New Zealand and overseas, the gardens have been carefully created to complement
the character of the house.
The front garden forms pretty rooms of colour, which blend gradually from a small blue bed to a pink and mauve bed, to a cream and yellow bed.
The gardens at the rear include a formal box-edged parterre, which contains a variety of vegetables, herbs, irises and cottage plants. The foliage of a weeping maple hides a cute pond, and white borders edge the gardens on each side.
Built in 1924, the property's interior offers generously proportioned formal and informal rooms. The polished rimu floors in the formal dining room enhance the panelled walls and the intricate plaster work.
Other features include a cosy den with a charming fireplace, four generous bedrooms, three sunrooms and a family-size kitchen.
Liz Wilson of LJ Hooker, Remuera, is taking the property to tender, which closes at 12 noon on November 28. Ph Liz 529 2924 dir; 523 1354 ah; 021 652 313 mob.
