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Immaculate, idyllic in Mount Victoria

A versatile character home amid an oasis of serenity and colour is for sale in one of Mount Victoria’s quieter streets.

The four-bedroom, threebathroom house, at 65 Ellice St, dates to the 1890s but has been meticulously renovated and discreetly modernised to offer an exquisite inner-city lifestyle like few others.

Elevated for sun and views, the 260-square metre house is on a 411sqm section with a single garage that has electric vehicle charging.

There is ample on street parking and the house is in the Mevo car share parking zone as well.

‘‘We’re also handy to bus routes in every direction, just a few minutes’ walk from Moore Wilson’s and the top of Cuba Street, and it’s very easy to get to the airport from here.’’

The house also is zoned for Wellington College and Wellington East Girls College, which is partly why they bought it 14 years ago.

‘‘Our sons would get up at 8.25am and still make it to Wellington College before the first bell.’’

As well as re-piling, relevelling and restoring their mostly double-glazed and insulated double-bay villa, the vendors commissioned Rebecca Wilson, of Earthwork Landscape Architects, to create a private indoor-outdoor lifestyle replete with roses, hydrangeas, flat lawn and alfresco patios.

‘‘Special attention was paid to roses with colour and frag rance,’’ the vendors says. ‘‘One of the highlights is the Chevy Chase red rose in the front patio, which stands up to the harshest of winds.’’

The stained leadlight front door opens off an enclosed porch with fretwork into an entrance hall with matai floorboards. There are high ceilings with ornate scotia, and the original staircase.

The formal lounge has a leadlight bay window views, built-in bookcases and tiled fireplace while the adjoining room is versatile enough to be everything from a media room to a work-from-home office (one of the vendors is a work from home executive whose focus has been on liveability and extra storage).

French doors open into a spacious open-plan family/ dining room with a step-up kitchen and two sets of French doors to the north-facing patio.

As well as extensive brickwork and a terrace with a glazed pergola, the patio links to the leafy, west-facing lawn that’s a summer haven from the heat.

Upstairs are four large double-bedrooms and two bathrooms with underfloor heating, including an ensuite for the main bedroom, which has a walk-through wardrobe and opens to a large north-facing deck.

Other features include a downstairs bathroom, a laundry with extra storage, sheds, rainwater tank and in-ground irrigation.

Vinay Kumar, of Harcourts, says the property is the ‘‘complete package’’ of sun, character, parking, space, multiple workfrom-home options, garden and outdoor living in a prime location.

‘‘Properties of this magnitude aren’t being built with the same 1890s era of detail and character.

‘‘This is a truly special opportunity to secure a piece of Mount

Victoria history and is a real credit to the current owners who have been wonderful cust odians.’’

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