What is Taieri Mouth like? • 15 Minutes from Brighton on a beautiful scenic coastal highway. • Clean air, easy access to beaches, river and sea. • Friendly community, relaxed environment, peace and quiet. • Access to State Highway 1 just over the hill to Waihola. • Local school just around the corner catering for younger children. What comes with the house? • Modern, well maintained 12 year old property with 195m2 of indoor living space • Built to take advantage of the view of Moturata Island, the sea and coast as far as the Otago Peninsula. • Double and single garages, both with power and lighting. • Additional living space sleepout with power, lighting and heating. • Separate greenhouse with power. • Outside deck area both open and sheltered, plus a separate, covered pergola. • Ample off-street parking. • Convenient access to local beaches just across the road and through the dunes. What is inside the house? • Spacious, open-plan lounge designed for sea and coast views. • Separate home cinema with built-in facilities for projection screening and surround sound. • A Cook’s kitchen with ample work surfaces, storage and a modern 900mm Smeg Gas/Electric Oven and Fisher and Paykel range hood. • Three generously sized bedrooms with built-in wardrobes. • Master bedroom opens onto to enclosed deck and enjoys coastal views. • Two bathrooms with showers, WCs and vanity basins. A 1.8m corner spa bath in the master, Jack and Jill bathroom. • Separate laundry with sink, cupboards and access to rear yard. How efficient is the house? • Constructed using laminated veneer lumber, exterior walls are 140 x 45 with R4 insulation. • Interior walls are also insulated for sound insulation and thermal efficiency. • Exterior cladding is low-maintenance Palliside cladding, which requires no painting, just an occasional hose wash. • Double layer R3.2 and R3.6 ceiling insulation. • 100mm polystyrene floor insulation. • Moisture master ventilation system. • Double-glazed, Argon-filled aluminium doors and windows. • 20 x 250W photovoltaic panels, each with its own micro inverter, in two arrays. • Pellet fire and heat pump in main living area plus a second heat pump serving bedroom areas. • Built in fan heaters and heated towel rails to bathrooms. • A heat pump sourced hot water system supplies a 300 litre hot water cylinder. Programable to run during optimal times for heat recovery and using solar power generation. • Three water storage tanks, totalling 75,000 litre capacity supply the house through a UV filter system. If this all sounds interesting, please make an appointment to come and see for yourself.