WAIUKU Franklin 2123

One of the original homes in the area and
lovingly maintained in keeping with it's era including subsequent additions since construction around 1900.
(A 2009 LIM report is available providing more detailed information).
The house has a good sized bedroom downstairs and one large, one average upstairs.
The country-style kitchen has a Butler's sink, new Westinghouse stove and AEG dishwasher.
Canadian cedar blinds have recently been installed in kitchen, dining, bathroom and toilet areas.
Biggie Best curtains throughout have top quality thermal linings and a heat pump is on order to cover the ground floor area of study/bedroom/bathroom/toilet.
Bathroom has a clawfoot bath while shower and toilet are both separate.
The dining room has a windowseat looking into the orchard and large sittingroom has a built-in Metro firebox.
The "music room" or study/computer room
has French doors onto the front verandah, as do the dining and sitting rooms with the addition of two further doors leading outside to covered verandahs.
Ancient fruit trees include grapefruit, fig, quince, peaches, apples, crabapples, plums; towering vines of passionfruit and grapes; a big bay tree, almond and macadamia nut trees plus the recent addition of lime and lemon.
There is a large sheltered area with two nice houses for keeping free-range hens.
The tree-lined driveway is sealed, as are surrounding paths leading to the laundry which has an additional toilet and bathroom; a woodshed and toolshed; pumpshed with two pumps (one for tank water, one for backup bore water); hayshed; second double garage; and a large studio/office/sleepout/rentable with kitchenette that has recently been given a makeover.
The land is divided into five paddocks with a central race and a bonus paddock of pinetrees for firewood.
Mature specimen trees grace the entire property providing year-round shelter and shade making it the ideal home for horses.