Where in Auckland can you watch your children play rugby on the lawn, kick balls over the goal post or bowl on the cricket pitch? Where can you paddle board from your place to the Manukau Harbour? Where can you pick quince, pears, figs, persimmon, apples, peaches, feijoas and every citrus fruit imaginable? Or be self-sufficient, collecting all the vegetables you ever need from an exquisite French potager? Just 20 minutes walk from Titirangi Village and handy to the Rudolph Steiner School, this gracefully renovated villa with four bedrooms plus study (and two bathrooms including ensuite) is unique. On an expansive level 5313m2 lawn, it epitomises the lifestyle dream. Huge family living features a Stanley cooker with wetback also provides home heating. Relax on the terrace, keeping an eye on children swimming in a magnificent naturally landscaped pool. With its own drive, a dreamy self-contained cottage adds to the appeal for guests or income. Seriously special. Now or never!

To be sold by auction on Weds, 16 March 2016