The best of all worlds - extremely private landscaped garden, newly renovated historic and elegant home and located minutes from Nelson City via a beautiful riverside walk.

During 2010/11, the current owners spent two years and over $2m renovating all of the house and grounds into an English country garden setting and a luxurious elegant interior while retaining all of the period charm.

The gardens have been designed for maximum privacy and with low maintenance in mind and include lovely mature specimen trees, large lawn areas, vegetable garden and boxed citrus trees.

The land area was originally a 'Town Acre" and the horses would come up the drive to the stables at the rear and then circle the house to go back down the drive. The area on the house title is now 2367m2 and the owners bought a neighbouring property to extend the gardens and privacy, giving a new total area of 2967m2 (3/4 acre). The garden extension remains as a separate title (158 Nile Street).

The elevated location ensures maximum sunshine and lovely endless views of the neighbouring treed hills and glimpses of the Bay.

The house was completely renovated including new American Oak flooring and now offers a high level of luxury interiors with three ensuite bedrooms and multiple reception rooms along with a very large country kitchen/diner and conservatory. The main bedroom includes a custom designed bathroom and dressing room which never fails to wow visitors.