Winning Design for Harbourside Harmony

Award winning architecture honed for harmonious harbourside living in rural Bay of Plenty. Design excellence by Ben van der Vlugt saw this home win the 2008 Waikato/Bay of Plenty Regional Architectural Design Awards new residential dwelling over 250m2, winning the roof design award also and finalist in interiors and bathroom categories . Proof of perfection is a home that both looks and lives as beautifully today as when it was created. Considered design lets you live in tune with the landscape above 6.474 coastal hectares, in harmony with the harbour to the east and the rural hinterland and Kaimai Ranges to the west. With access to the water's edge from this property, fishing and white baiting are an obvious recreational choice, along with your choice of water sports. The dwelling settles into and mirrors the contours of its landscape while reaching out to it via inviting exterior connections. The 358m2 home combines a stylish ethos with the employment of honest materials fusing a large sense of scale with a surprisingly intimate interior atmosphere. Polished aggregate, honed concrete block and floor to ceiling glass are features of the pavilion style living with massive stacking doors to patio both sides. Innovative design creates a socially orientated kitchen which integrates as furniture in the open plan layout utilizing two islands and concealed walls of storage as work zone, cooking zone and storage and servery, with easy access to the office and family lounge at the rear of the three double bedroom family wing which absorbs children and guests. Sensible styling extends through the farm sized laundry to double garaging with a high stud carport to the side. The fourteen flat paddocks which are currently under grazing management, offer scope to run stock or horses, served by the shed and yards. Off one of Katikati's most attractive rural roads the property is approached via an avenue like right of way.