137B Ridge Road Howick, Manukau City

It's a Saturday morning. The kettle's on, the back door is open, and the smell of fresh coffee drifts out into a private, north facing, enclosed courtyard that's entirely your own. No neighbours peering over the fence. Just birdsong, sunlight, and the quiet hum of a household waking up.

This is what nine years of good building and better planning gets you.

Throughout the home, five bedrooms sleep a family comfortably, room to grow, room to breathe. A separate downstairs family room means the kids have their own world while the adults have theirs. Upstairs, the master suite is a proper retreat, not an afterthought.

By mid-morning, the open-plan living and dining is full of noise, coffee cups, someone's homework spread across the bench, and the doors thrown wide to the courtyard where the dog is already asleep in a patch of sun.

Lunch calls for a walk, not a drive. Howick Village is minutes away on foot. New World for the groceries. Highland Park for everything else. The kids' school run doesn't need a car, and neither does the bus stop. If you do have some cars, then there is the large two car garage and area for three additional off street parks

By evening, friends arrive for a barbecue in that same private courtyard. No shared fences, no compromises, just a home built for exactly this kind of living, on a freehold 343sqm section with 200sqm of solid brick and weatherboard construction behind it.

This is a home that works quietly, every single day, for the people who live in it.

The vendor's circumstances have changed. They're ready to meet the market, and a home like this in this location, at this size, does not sit around waiting.

Come and feel it for yourself. Call me today for a private viewing.

The numbers:

• Freehold 343sqm land, 200sqm floor area
• CV $1,340,000 (2024)
• 10 years old, brick and weatherboard
• 5 double bedrooms, 3 bathrooms (incl. master)
• Private, fully enclosed outdoor entertaining area

AUCTION: 6pm, Wednesday 12th August 2026, Bucklands Beach Yacht Club