With harbour, city and Rangitoto Island views, this 1970s architectural classic displays the best of the era with scope to add your own flare. With concrete block and weatherboard construction, the 300 sqm home offers generously ample open-plan spaces ideally suited to families across a range of dynamics. Five bedrooms and basement level leisure areas will appeal to family buyers as will the excellently zoned schooling in the area.

The elegant and spacious living room features a superb built-in media centre, and external sliders reveal the covered north facing deck for loads of al fresco living. Throw down the beanbags, ignite the Weber and let's get the party started! Clever elements of design include cavity sliders between rooms for the usual variance of family activities. A formal dining room also enjoys deck access via flush-sill bi-folds for breezy feels on warm nights. The modern galley kitchen works well for foodies with its substantial scullery, granite benchtops and upscale well-equipped layout. Accommodation is split over both levels with the main floor comprising the master bedroom with ensuite and two other double bedrooms serviced by a large family bathroom with spa tub. Below decks, older kids can lay claim to two more bedrooms which flank a 6m x 3.55 m games room where the noise can be contained and the adults can be away upstairs blissfully distant from the racket.

Storage, workshop and double garaging internally accessed provides plenty of scope to stow all the accumulated family belongings and the home sits on a sizable freehold 675 sqm section of tropical plantings and easy-care lawns with off street parking for more vehicles. Nestled on a sought-after street with the school zoning for Forrest Hill Primary and Westlake Girls and Boys Colleges, the proximity to motorway access, parks, shops and North Shore hospital adds further to the cachet of this ideal family home.

For more information, call John & Jane on 0800 WANT SOLD (0800 926 876)