SCHOOL ZONES:
Matakana and Warkworth primaries, Mahurangi College.
CONTACT:
Dave Jeffery, LJ Hooker, 021 951 038.
AUCTION:
Nov 25, 4pm (unless sold prior).
The beauty of this waterfront property on Kawau Island is having the beach all to yourself, says Trevor Ready who owns the holiday home with wife Lynn.
"I have been hanging around Kawau Island for years, mainly boating and discovered this place about four years ago," he says.
"It was a mortgagee sale and during the process of purchasing it there was a fair bit of damage done to the property. So during the first 12 months of ownership we put things back together, renovated inside and did a little bit of work outside."
That work included putting in a new kitchen with Caesarstone bench and new Bosch appliances.
They are nestled in a cove, looking over their wharf and the neighbour's wharf, across to houses on the other side of the bay.
"You can sit on the front deck and the tide comes into about 15 metres in front of you."
Facing northeast - or precisely 29 degrees off north notes this keen boatie - means they get the sun through the day before it moves behind the house in the late afternoon.
Lots 96-100 North Cove, Kawau Island. Agent Dave Jeffery, LJ Hooker.
"There is always somewhere to go to get the sunshine. In reverse, there are always places to get out of the sun."
The house with living space all on one level sits on top of the basement where Trevor keeps his 3.6m runabout, which he manoeuvres into the water with a quad bike. "We skip around the island with that. It has a 40hp on the back of it."
The house has a large lounge leading to a family room with kitchen. Then the hallway accesses four bedrooms (two have en suites), a laundry with a toilet attached, and another bathroom.
Every bedroom and living space has glass slider doors opening to the decks. Heating is from ducted and wall-mounted heat pumps. For water, they have a bore and also collect rain water.
Lots 96-100 North Cove, Kawau Island. Agent Dave Jeffery, LJ Hooker.
Trevor says theirs is one of the few properties on Kawau Island with a lot of flat land - "probably a bit over half an acre. My wife has a vege garden and herbs".
The rest of the land is sloping terrain with native bush.
"The birdlife is amazing, we have tuis and wood pigeons and we see them within five metres of our property. They have no fear of humans."
He says the beach is practically their own. "The wharf belongs to this property and it is the only access on to this land. And people on Kawau respect other people's privacy.
"There are no roads here, no infrastructure as such. You come by boat, you leave by boat."
Lots 96-100 North Cove, Kawau Island. Agent Dave Jeffery, LJ Hooker.
He says the jetty and mooring were existing structures when they bought the property. "We have upgraded them and have resource consent for 35 years. It is probably down to 33 years now before they need consent again."
Although Trevor and Lynn keep their Rayglass Protector at their wharf (sitting beside the floating pontoon, out of the water on a submersible cradle, to protect the engines) they tend to take the ferry or water taxi or catch a ride with their neighbour when they return to their Matakana home base.
"We come over as often as possible, every second weekend if we can." But they have decided to sell.
"We have had a rethink. We are retired and that is the main reason."
