If you're searching for the sort of wonderful Northern slopes 'family forever' home which provides everything needed to nurture your children from infancy to adulthood, it's waiting for you right here. For 15 years our current owners and their family have loved everything about this beguiling 1920s bungalow, nowadays offering that perfect blend of character, modernity and functionality.

It's 732sqm landscaped grounds are quietly situated in a friendly street a stone's throw from Benson Road shops and Little Rangitoto Park, handy to Remuera Village and Orakei Basin. School buses stop at the end of the street, which is zoned for Double Grammar, Remuera Intermediate and Remuera School and is near other sought-after private schools.

This beautifully presented weatherboard home with a front bluestone fence has secure boat parking and level lawn for back-yard cricket behind its double garage. The home enjoys gas ducted central heating and lofty, original character ceilings which step up to 3.3 metres high in main rooms, bolstering its sense of spaciousness. An open-plan living-dining room with fireplace flows outdoors as does the superb, designer kitchen harbouring a big island, Falcon stove, press-to-open cabinetry and integrated appliances including an additional wine fridge. Entertain or just relax on a big patio and covered deck, alongside the solar heated swimming pool, positioned for glorious westerly sun, privacy and views to the city skyline from within fenced rear grounds. The upper level also contains the ensuited master bedroom plus two more good-sized bedrooms and the smart family bathroom. Downstairs offers the bonus versatility of an area with its own entrance, able to be part of the main home, to be legally rented as a flat or to suit a parent or au pair.

Its enviable combination of attributes will be highly sought so please ring Harry or Roy today.