PHOTO: BOULGARIS The lower level living area, designed by Herbst Architects, provides a very contemporary, open-plan, family space.
If the former Auckland harbourmaster could see his old house now, he would be amazed.
From the street, the clifftop Parnell villa looks much the same architecturally as it did back when it was built in the 1880s. It still has the same fantastic sea views.
True, there would not have been a double garage at the side back in the day, but this is a separate, linked volume that allows the villa to remain true to its origins.
It’s what’s happening on the inside and around the other side of the three-storey house that spells the difference.
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