Standing high and proud, this builder’s own home makes a bold statement in its Wellington neighbourhood. With honed block feature entrance, custom copper downpipes and spouting, and three storeys, this family home has been a labour of love. A double-sided interior fireplace connects open-plan dining and lounge areas and a Daikin central heating and cooling system and extensive underfloor heating keeps the nine zones of the four-bedroom home at a comfortable temperature.

There is granite throughout, including in the kitchen benchtops, laundry, internal fireplace, garage and bar. You’ll find American oak hardwood flooring in the kitchen and dining areas as well as the rumpus room, and a large outdoor courtyard with schist fireplace and kwila bench-seating flows from an open-plan living-dining space. All three bathrooms have Italian tiles and Grohe tapware. Because the house is three storeys, a Dahua intercom and video system makes communication between floors easy. There’s also Thermobreak aluminium double-glazed joinery with Low-E Xcel glass for heat retention and noise reduction.