PHOTO: AMANDA MIDGLEY – Mike Hosking and Kate Hawkesby have opted for a country lifestyle, albeit on weekends and holiday times for the present.
Following the sale of their Remuera mansion for $9.6 million, broadcasters Mike Hosking and Kate Hawkesby have bought a lifestyle block in Matakana.
Records show the couple paid $4.5 million for a modern, 297 square-metre, four-bedroom home on 5.54 hectares of rolling countryside. The 2017 RV for the house is $2.7 million.
The Bayleys listing said the house was built in 2017 and “engineered to high-end specifications by Waller Projects”.
Special features of the house include dark-stained cedar cladding on the exterior, and a huge family living area with 6m-high exposed trusses, solid American oak floors, shuttered windows and a magnificent fireplace. The top-of-the-line kitchen has a butler’s pantry, sensor lighting, three refrigerators, top-end appliances and marble benchtops.
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