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8 Cooney Place, Te Puke

Tucked away at the end of a quiet cobbled lane in Te Puke, Farleigh has been one family’s sanctuary since 1994. An Arts and Crafts home designed by Terry Hitchcock and wrapped in a garden like no other, it is the product of a life’s work, known and admired by many.

The street is small and settled, just eight homes built purposefully, one at a time, with very few changes of ownership. There is a great deal to say about how number 8 was built, and for those interested in the detail, the full file sits alongside this. The short version is that it was designed in 1981 by Terry Hitchcock of Cook Hitchcock & Sargisson, one of Auckland’s leading residential practices, and built the following year of things that last: concrete block, cedar shingles, timber joinery, leadlight glass, kauri ceilings and a roof of Marseille terracotta tiles. Meticulously maintained and continuously improved in its earlier years, the house was opened up from 2015, when the kitchen, dining and living rooms were joined and a sunroom under a full glass roof was added, designed and built with the same talent and care.

  • 3

    BEDROOMS

  • 2

    BATHROOMS

  • 2

    LIVING AREAS

  • 1

    OFFICE

  • 1+

    CAR GARAGING

  • 295

    SQM FLOOR AREA

  • 1787

    SQM LAND AREA

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More than thirty years on, it is a place where seeds have grown into trees, and toddlers into adults who have since returned to share it with children of their own. On long, hot summer days the junctions between inside and outside truly dissolve. The day begins with breakfast and coffee on the front terrace and stretches into long lunches under the grapevines, the scent of orange blossom drifting from the trees in their old wine barrels, and evenings run late in front of the outdoor fire in the private, enclosed courtyard. The paths that join them are lined with clematis, wisteria, roses, daphne and gardenia. And when the occasion calls for it, the house and garden take a hundred or more guests in their stride; birthdays, weddings and celebrations of every kind have felt right here.

The garden is a big part of why. Over three decades it has become a series of rooms. The large flat lawn is a place for games or a marquee, and serves as the foreground to perimeter gardens of established trees underplanted with camellias, rhododendrons, hydrangeas, bulbs and perennials. The kitchen door opens onto herbs and vegetables picked as they are needed, and beyond them are asparagus beds, blueberries, avocados, plums, apricots, guavas, feijoas and persimmons, and more apples, pears and citrus than one household can eat. Beyond all this, the bush of the escarpment frames a rural outlook, fills the garden with birdsong and keeps it entirely private, and yet the shops, schools and parks of Te Puke are a ten-minute walk away.

Opened to guests and visitors for decades, and featured in Garden and Arts festivals and home and garden tours, the garden is always a crowd favourite. The comment heard most often is always the same: we had no idea a property like this was here. Though its quiet confidence needs no validation from passers-by, it has captured and held the hearts of everyone fortunate enough to spend time here.

Set on 1,787 square metres of ridge-top land, a quarter of an hour from the beach and twenty-five minutes from Tauranga, this is a home of permanence, blooming with colour and life and excited for its next chapter. It is a home that wraps around you and looks after you, through every season and every change, a place that supports and inspires you. When you come to view it there is no need to feel any pressure. Simply pause and listen… if this is the one, it will choose you.

A Closer Look

  • Land Area:

    1,787 m2

    Dwelling:

    295 m2 house

    • Three Bedrooms

    • Two Bathrooms

    • Two Living Rooms

    • One Office

    • One Laundry

    • Two Storerooms

    • 1+ Car Garaging

  • Location: 8 Cooney Place, Te Puke

    Legal Description: LOT 5 DP 32733

    Certificate of Title: CT SA29A/140

    Estate: Fee Simple (Freehold)

  • Territorial Authority: Western Bay of Plenty District Council

    Zone: Medium Density Residential Te Puke Zoning

    Rating Value: $1,800,000

    Rates: $5,301.08

  • House & Garage

    Fixed floor coverings

    Window dressings

    Light fittings

    Miele dishwasher

    F&P double door plumbed fridge/freezer

    Wolf 4-burner gas cooktop

    Award rangehood

    Gaggenau oven

    Miele speed oven (combi/microwave) + warming drawer

    Puretec under bench water filter (island sink)

    Escea gas fire + remote (dining)

    Escea gas fire + remote (master)

    Open fireplace + fireguard (lounge)

    Rheem gas hot water cylinder

    Warmfloor under-tile heating (master ensuite)

    Smoke alarms

    Heated towel rails (x2)

    Bathroom extractor fans (x2)

    Caroma smart bidet toilet (master ensuite)

    Garador auto garage door + remotes (x2)

    Garage metal shelving & workbench

    KP full home water filtration system (laundry)

    DSC alarm

    TruAudio wall mounted speakers (x4, dining) + floor subwoofer (lounge)

    AV cabinet (lounge)

    Furman AV rack

    TP Link switch

    Yamaha AV receiver

    Control 4 system

    Panasonic DVD

    Apple TV

    TV aerial

    Wifi extender (attic storage)

    Fibre connection

    F&P front loading washing machine

    Electrolux front loading dryer

    Office desk + matching drawer unit

    Office shelving

    Extending clothes line (garage)

    Garden & Grounds

    Outdoor wood fireplace

    Outdoor integrated Weber BBQ

    Rotary clothes line

    Garden sheds (x2)

    Shed shelf-unit

    Concrete Block & Timber Compost bins (x3)

    Outdoor sink and bench

    Harvest plastic compost bin

    Perroplas plastic compost bin

    Irrigation system

    Gardena mounted hose reel (x2)

    Pope mounted hose reel (gas meter cupboard)

    Berry garden

    Raised vege garden beds (x4)

    Vege bed timber framed hinged wire lid (x1)

    Iron plant climbing frames (x2)

    Wooden bird house

    Patio plastic storage box

    Assorted planter barrels and outdoor pots

    Garden bench seat

    Plants & Trees Include

    Apples and pears (at least six varieties of each)

    Apricots and plums (several varieties)

    Avocados (four different)

    Citrus: several types of oranges, lemons, limes, grapefruit, mandarins, tangelos, tangors, kumquats

    Orange trees in old wine barrels in back courtyard

    Tropical guava, red and yellow cherry guava, Chilean guava

    Loquats, feijoas, tamarillos, pomegranate, persimmon

    Grapes – green and black, passionfruit vines

    Blueberries and strawberries in protective cages

    Established beds of rhubarb and asparagus

    Kitchen garden of herbs and vegetables in the raised beds

    Clematis, wisteria, roses, daphne and gardenia along the garden paths

    Established perimeter trees underplanted with camellias, rhododendrons, hydrangeas, bulbs and perennials

    Mature trees and bush along the escarpment

  • 1981 BP. New Dwelling with Terence Hitchcock.

    100mm concrete slab foundation with concrete base walls and footings

    200 series concrete block walls in areas

    Timber framing with building paper wrap

    Stucco plaster on netting

    Cedar shingles on 9mm Ply backing

    Cedar louvres and shutters

    Fibreglass wall and ceiling insulation batts

    Particle board intermediate floors

    Zinc quarter round guttering

    Timber joinery with single glazing and leadlight

    Marseille Terracotta roof tiles

    Cedar shiplap garage doors

    1989 BP. Plumbing and Drainage – Sewage.

    2015 BC. Internal Alterations with David Page/Page Henderson Architects. CCC 2018

    Create conservatory sitting room from existing patio area, expand kitchen and dining area, expand lounge.

    100mm concrete slab foundation on expol insulation

    Treated timber framing

    Thermakraft building wrap

    H3.1 cavity battens

    StoStucco plaster system on a cavity

    Terracotta roof tile to match existing

    Double glazed glass canopy

    Insulation bats ceiling R3.2/internal walls R2.8/external walls R4

    Timber joinery to match existing

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