Sandpiper Avenue – Point Wells

The background behind this home

Having a young family ourselves, it was very satisfying, and fun, to build a house that we knew would be so loved its new family for many years to come. Their 295m² 4-bedroom, 2-bathroom home with office and separate media room is built on a Kiwi ¼ acre (1000m²) section in a large, new subdivision in Point Wells. 

Ideally suited to a family with a home-based business or who can work remotely, Point Wells offers safe swimming, fishing off wharves and a friendly, close community.

We’ve created a home that is positioned on the large section so that there is loads of room for a swimming pool, trampoline or badminton court.

For the landscaping, the decision was to go with feature pieces to ensure there was a lot of lawn and pool area. The large palms at the front of the property tie in well with the raised featured garden and raised, wharf-like boardwalk leading to the front door.

Being in a subdivision, the developers had placed covenants on all home designs. The plans for this C-shaped, north-facing home built around 110m² of decking were accepted by the developers without issue.

The build

There are a number of stand-out features in this family home for us. We particularly like the vertical shiplap cedar weatherboards and love the easy, open-plan design of this gently curving home with its 2.7m stud. The deck and house get plenty of sun, yet there is also a sheltered area on the western side for comfortable barbequing and outdoor dining.

This home gives a sense of space, which is enhanced by the polished, white chip concrete floors throughout. It is a house with great indoor – outdoor flow and has been built with easy entertaining in mind. The spacious designer kitchen and butler’s pantry makes cooking for a crowd as low stress as it can be.