Amazing Grace
Packed with extra bonus features, this built-for-the-builder home combines exceptional design with quality construction.
Words Jo Ferris
It’s often been said that a builder knows best what makes a home function and flow. It also helps if that builder owns their own company. Originally building this home for themselves, a change of plans means good fortune for the next owner. This is an exceptional example of design, quality and finish – combined with features and extras not normally offered in a home, let alone a brand new one.
Grace Road is one of Tauranga’s most sought-after areas within the Avenues’ precinct, and among the most tightly held. For good reason. Its proximity to the city, recreation and water cements its value. Sitting off the streetfront, this home nestles in relative seclusion, with scenery for company and the pleasure of being brand new.
Views gaze east over Waimapu Estuary – idyllic by day, but gorgeous at night. Two levels ensure the views from upstairs are picture-perfect, thanks to smart design, extensive glazing, wraparound balconies and seamless connection with the scenery stretching out in front. Punctuated only by trees, the leafy ambience ensures nature is preserved.
Construction blends strength with beauty – concrete, vertical Abodo weatherboard and Alpine stone schist. It’s an edgy, earthy look – this notion repeated inside with a décor that showcases an innate understanding of tone, texture and style.
Four bedrooms, three stunning bathrooms and a powder room spread over both levels – together with three separate living areas that change moods from one to the other. Each zone gives privacy for different occasions, while defining their purpose. Either snuggled around the gas fire watching a movie, entertaining with company in the family hub or toasting the city’s evening lights outside around the schist-clad fire, this home excels. The outdoor lounge is also an extension for the master suite – making it the perfect ending to a day as lights twinkle in front.
Good design is accompanied by exquisite taste in fittings throughout this home. The kitchen and scullery showcase detailed styling. Bathrooms are all personalised to reflect their individual purpose, and careful selection of lighting also reflects a clear understanding of how lighting can truly enhance a space.
Recessed ceilings in key places become light features at night that complement the mood. Upstairs or down, this home connects with its setting – function and flow sit at its heart. Underpinning all that is the quality construction and assurance that this builder didn’t cut any corners. It was built for themselves after all.
154A Grace Road, Avenues