253 The Ridgeway, Stoke, Nelson

Views, big garden - add value!

Potential is an over-used real estate claim, but this 1950s original on a 921 square metre section with sweeping Tasman Bay views oozes opportunity for creating wonderful family living.
It's a virtual blank canvas, with the house, although dated, in excellent bare-bones condition thanks to its current owner.
The terraced garden is enticing, a mix of lawn and garden areas, trees for shelter and privacy and a myriad of plantings for seasonal colour.
It's all so spacious for play, relaxation and entertaining with a range of fruit trees and vegetable plots. At the back, a partly enclosed raised deck commands a superb vista of the Bay and sunsets over the western mountains.
The house is very liveable as is, with three bedrooms, a partly renewed bathroom and a roomy lounge opening to a deck with more of the west and north-facing views.
Painstaking work has been done to make the house sturdy, solid and sound. There's double-glazing for all bedrooms and floor and ceiling insulation is to high standards.
The weatherboards have been restored where necessary and the whole house re-painted. The roof and gutters of the house were replaced in late 2019.
The roof over the deck off the kitchen was replaced in 2020.
The house has an HRV air ventilation system.
There's plenty of off-street parking, with a car port space as well as the single garage. The basement is large and dry with separate workshop and storage rooms.
No 253 is well located, close to the top of Songer Street and a walk to Stoke shops and Isel Park with Saxton Field close by.