Sandra Willis and her partner Mark Milburn have done several renovations, but they ventured into new-home territory for the first time three years ago when they saw this "sloping site, no views" piece of land advertised for sale.
The site was surrounded by houses under construction near the top of the Kawau Waters subdivision. By the time Sandra and Mark had consent for their plans, in November 2017, they had secured guaranteed never-to-be-built-out sea views that take in the
Tawharanui Peninsular and a wide rural outlook.
The couple, both with business backgrounds, worked closed with Red Rabbit Architectural Design to draw up the house, finalise the design and drive the on-site changes as the building took shape.
"This has been done with our hearts and it has everything we wanted that was important to us," says Sandra.
In order of priority, Sandra and Mark listed off-street parking for their car, boat and associated essentials because they'd noted a dearth of street-side parking in the area.
Secondly, they wanted level entry into the house from the double garage and they've achieved it with a compromise of just four steps to the walkway between the two structures.
