PHOTO: 172 Bing Lucas Drive, Tawa
A beguiling homestead that encapsulates the history of a bygone era and dubbed ‘Amazing Grace’ is heading to auction as 172 Bing Lucas Drive in Tawa hits the market.
As with most things, something so beautiful doesn’t always have a smooth past and as seller Ian Cuff explained, the house was in a completely different town 14 years ago.
“We were looking for a development and looking for land for our four boys for a long time but nothing we came across ticked the boxes for what we wanted,” Mr Cuff said.
“One Christmas we were driving home and we spotted a sign for Central House Movers. We looked them up when we got home and the first house that popped up was this one at Manfeild Racecourse – and the original homestead was up for both sale and relocation.
“We fell in love with it straight away but we were told we were too late as someone else already had exclusivity on it – but three months later – we got a call saying that deal was no longer going ahead and it was ours if we wanted it.
“We were incredibly lucky because there were another 24 people behind us on the waiting list – there was just one catch – we had no land to put it on.
“We then came across Rossaveel Heights and there were 22 sections available for purchase – but only one would fit our grand new homestead.
“The developer actually dislikes old houses and said it was down to the neighbours if we could move it there or not – so we took them through the designs and 3D plans – and they loved it.”
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