With history dating back to 1898, the corner block at 83 Coromandel Street and 110 Constable Street now comprises two residences which have hit the market.
Originally the property was home to the Newtown bakehouse and stables, before the buildings burnt to the ground in 1969.
A cottage was moved to the property in 1971 and became a Housing NZ home.
The property is being brought to market by Ray White Wellington agents Cherie Cooper and Eva Dugaro on behalf of the vendors, Mary Rowland and Jon Mitchell.
“In 1998 the property was sold again and began its journey from a Housing NZ home to, in time, the current owners who have lovingly created a private suburban retreat for the original cottage and a contemporary home on the back of the section.
“Both homes are northwest facing and enjoy lovely sun, with great indoor-flow and off-street parking.”
The vendors bought the property in 2015 and decided to sell as they have relocated back to Mr Mitchell’s home town, Queenstown.
“Mary and I met in Wellington 33 years ago and moved back for my work in 2015. Our intention was to be there for five years, but because of Covid and a few other things, we stayed a bit longer,” he said.
“We wanted a property that had the potential to do something really interesting with. We were living a bit further down Coromandel Street, and I said if that house comes on the market we should buy it, and we did.
“We’ve decided to move back to Queenstown now and pass the place onto someone else who can love it.”
Mr Mitchell said they had had a concept to build a townhouse on the property, and commissioned Carolyn Walker from Click Architects to design the home.
“We wanted to design something low energy, well insulated, and sound proof,” he said.
“We modelled some of the design on Parisian apartments.”
Mr Mitchell said the flexibility of the two residences would suit a range of buyers.
“It’s easily subdividable which is one option,” he said.
“Or you could live in one and rent the other as we’ve been doing, or you could use it for an extended family.
“A family might want to purchase it for their kids to go to university, or a group of young people could come together and buy the property collectively.”