81 Hamurana Road, Omokoroa, Tauranga & Surrounds

Heart and Soul, Form and Function

A nurturing welcoming home with appealing design elements in an attractive coastal community.\n\nYou can feel when a home has heart, when it clearly fulfills its function as a place to nurture and enjoy family and friends; and when its design and decor enhance the experience of living there. Right from initial planning stage over 12 years ago there was no doubt that this was to be a home where children could grow up, which would accommodate changing needs; and where parents could live in comfort without 'rattling around' once family left home. \nThe kitchen is clearly the heart of the home, with granite benches, and large central island where family gravitate, where children sit to do homework while Mum cooks dinner, where adults start socializing before moving to the dining table, or to the lounge next door. In warm weather you are tempted out bi fold doors to the sunny patio, or through to the sheltered central Louvretec covered courtyard around which the home wraps itself. Pitched ceilings add lightness and air to the living spaces. Practical and appealing rustic tiles start at the double timber front doors and extend up a few steps to the living spaces, down a few from the kitchen to the laundry and double garage and along the open hall from the lounge to the bedrooms. \nCavity sliders link two of the double bedrooms to the hall where doors open direct to the courtyard. At the end of the home a very large third bedroom with window seat is tucked into one corner beside the family bathroom. The most private bedroom, the master suite, faces the courtyard. \nThat this home appears younger than its years is due to carefully considered architectural design, solid timeless construction by Classic Builders ('hot block' with adobe plaster) and quality in all fittings and fixtures, in granite and tiles. Kitchen cabinetry displays a delightful mix of open shelving and useful drawers, the large pantry almost a bonus. \nGenerous grounds have allowed for a wide drive, plenty of parking, landscaped areas well fenced for kids and dogs, lawn to play on. There is space near the front hedge, with plans available, for a second double garage with accommodation above. \nWhere this home was once surrounded by farmland, and is built on a former horse paddock, it is now surrounded by quality dwellings with elevation in coastal Omokoroa. The local school is just along the street, and there are walkways around the local peninsula and easy access to the surrounding harbour.